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ArticleBiotechnology and bioengineering2018

Fluorescent nanodiamond-bacteriophage conjugates maintain host specificity.

Jimmy T Trinh, Masfer H Alkahtani, Isaac Rampersaud, Arfaan Rampersaud, Marlan Scully, Ryland F Young, Philip Hemmer, Lanying Zeng

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Article in Biotechnology and bioengineering, 2018. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 5 papers.

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5citing papers in PubMed
0.8field-weighted citation impact, top 31% of its field
1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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The abstract states no effect estimate the extractor could read, or names no intervention and outcome on the map, so this paper lights no cell and moves no belief. It is still indexed, cited and linked below.

2 · The registry

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

5 citing papers in PubMed, 13 citations in OpenAlex.

  1. Microscopic phage adsorption assay: High-throughput quantification of virus particle attachment to host bacterial cells.Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America · 2024
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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

8 authors at 4 institutions in 2 countries.

Jimmy T TrinhDepartment of Biochemistry and Biophysics, Texas A&M University, College Station, Texas.
Masfer H AlkahtaniInstitute for Quantum Science and Engineering, Texas A&M University, College Station, Texas.
Isaac RampersaudColumbus NanoWorks, Inc., Columbus, Ohio.
Arfaan RampersaudColumbus NanoWorks, Inc., Columbus, Ohio.
Marlan ScullyInstitute for Quantum Science and Engineering, Texas A&M University, College Station, Texas.
Ryland F YoungDepartment of Biochemistry and Biophysics, Texas A&M University, College Station, Texas.
Philip HemmerInstitute for Quantum Science and Engineering, Texas A&M University, College Station, Texas.
Lanying ZengDepartment of Biochemistry and Biophysics, Texas A&M University, College Station, Texas.ORCID 0000-0002-8074-5824
Texas A&M University · USColumbus NanoWorks (United States) · USBaylor University · USSaudi Center for Organ Transplantation · SA

Funding

CONTROL OF VIRUS-INDUCED LYSISR01GM027099 · NIGMS · TEXAS A&M UNIVERSITY HEALTH SCIENCE CTR · PI YOUNG, RYLAND FLETCHER · 1985 to 2019
$4.6M
Integration of Diverse Inputs Determines Developmental OutcomesR01GM107597 · NIGMS · TEXAS A&M AGRILIFE RESEARCH · PI BALAZSI, GABOR, ZENG, LANYING · 2015 to 2018
$1.7M
NHLBI NIH HHS HHSN268201500010CNIGMS NIH HHS R01 GM027099NIGMS NIH HHS R01 GM107597
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Rapid identification of specific bacterial strains within clinical, environmental, and food samples can facilitate the prevention and treatment of disease. Fluorescent nanodiamonds (FNDs) are being developed as biomarkers in biology and medicine, due to their excellent imaging properties, ability to accept surface modifications, and lack of toxicity. Bacteriophages, the viruses of bacteria, can have exquisite specificity for certain hosts. We propose to exploit the properties of FNDs and phages to develop phages conjugated with FNDs as long-lived fluorescent diagnostic reagents. In this study, we develop a simple procedure to create such fluorescent probes by functionalizing the FNDs and phages with streptavidin and biotin, respectively. We find that the FND-phage conjugates retain the favorable characteristics of the individual components and can discern their proper host within a mixture. This technology may be further explored using different phage/bacteria systems, different FND color centers and alternate chemical labeling schemes for additional means of bacterial identification and new single-cell/virus studies.

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Host SpecificityBacteriological TechniquesBacteriophagesFluorescent DyesNanodiamondsOptical ImagingFluorescent DyesNanodiamondsbacteria identificationbacteriophageconjugationfluorescent nanodiamondslive-cell imaging

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PMID29460442
PMCPMC5912989
OpenAlexW2793603517

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