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ReviewMaterials today. Bio2025

Cyborg microbe biohybrids with metal-organic coating layers: Strategies, functionalisation and potential applications.

Zichen Wu, Ke Xu, Regina Huang, Xinna Wang, Jade Lee-Lee Teng, Xiaolin Yu, Lijian Jin, Quanli Li, Ken Cham-Fai Leung, Hai Ming Wong and 1 more

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Review in Materials today. Bio, 2025. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 2 papers.

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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

The trial behind it

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

2 citing papers in PubMed.

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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

11 authors.

Zichen WuFaculty of Dentistry, The University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong SAR, PR China.
Ke XuFaculty of Dentistry, The University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong SAR, PR China.
Regina HuangFaculty of Dentistry, The University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong SAR, PR China.
Xinna WangDepartment of Mechanical Engineering, The University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong SAR, PR China.
Jade Lee-Lee TengFaculty of Dentistry, The University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong SAR, PR China.
Xiaolin YuHospital of Stomatology, Guanghua School of Stomatology, Guangdong Provincial Key Laboratory of Stomatology, Sun Yat-Sen University, Guangzhou, PR China.
Lijian JinFaculty of Dentistry, The University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong SAR, PR China.
Quanli LiInstitute of Oral Science, Department of Stomatology, Longgang Otorhinolaryngology Hospital, No. 3004L Longgang Avenue, Shenzhen, PR China.
Ken Cham-Fai LeungDepartment of Chemistry, Hong Kong Baptist University, Kowloon Tong, Kowloon, Hong Kong SAR, PR China.
Hai Ming WongFaculty of Dentistry, The University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong SAR, PR China.
Xuan LiFaculty of Dentistry, The University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong SAR, PR China.

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

The integration of living microbes, specifically bacteria and fungi, with metal-organic nanocoatings has led to the recent development of cyborg microbe biohybrids, which show excellent adaptability and functionality for a wide range of potential applications in biotechnology and medicine. This review discusses the strategies, functionalisation, and applications of these biohybrids, which are categorised into two types of coatings: metal-organic frameworks (MOFs) and metal-phenolic networks (MPNs). Key advances in their synthetic approaches

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Biomedical coatingCyborg microbesMetal–organic frameworksMetal–phenolic networks

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PMID40161925
PMCPMC11950775

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