Toward Understanding Bacterial Ice Nucleation

• Published in: The journal of physical chemistry. B Vol. 126; no. 9; pp. 1861 - 1867
• Main Authors: Lukas, Max, Schwidetzky, Ralph, Eufemio, Rosemary J, Bonn, Mischa, Meister, Konrad
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: United States American Chemical Society 10.03.2022
• Subjects: Atmosphere; Bacteria - metabolism; Bacterial Outer Membrane Proteins - metabolism; Freezing; Ice; Water - chemistry

Bacterial ice nucleators (INs) are among the most effective ice nucleators known and are relevant for freezing processes in agriculture, the atmosphere, and the biosphere. Their ability to facilitate ice formation is due to specialized ice-nucleating proteins (INPs) anchored to the outer bacterial c...