Engineered living materials (ELMs) with the qualities of both programmable functionalities and environmental tolerance are rare. 3D printing of bacterial spores into resilient living materials provides a viable route to fabricate ELMs that integrate these material attributes.
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Zhong, C. Spores hit the spot. Nat Chem Biol 16, 108–109 (2020). https://doi.org/10.1038/s41589-019-0451-y
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