Engineered Behavior
–phototropic or magnetotropic response
–control of flagellar
motors
–chemical sensing and engineered enzymatic release
–selective protein
expression
–molecular scale
fabrication
–selective binding to membrane sites
–collective behavior
•autoinducers
•slime molds
•pattern formation
• Potential to engineer behavior into bacterial cells:
• Example: timed drug-delivery in response to
toxins
Customized
Receptor
Cell
Toxin
A
pathogen
detection
Toxin
A
pathogen
antibiotic synthesis machine
Antibiotic A
kills
Customized
Receptor Cell
