Clicking bugs: Metabolically active Gram‐negative bacteria can specifically incorporate an azide‐modified analogue of 3‐deoxy‐D‐manno‐octulosonic acid (1; see scheme) into the lipopolysaccharides on their membranes. This process adds a bioorthogonal chemical reporter onto the cell surface and allows the rapid fluorescent labeling of viable cells by click chemistry.
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