Round mica sheets

Lysogeny broth (LB), glutaraldehyde grade I (GA) solution and poly-L-lysine (PLL) solution were from Sigma-Aldrich (St. Louis, MO, USA). Sytox Orange (SyO) was from Thermo Fisher Scientific (Waltham, MA, USA). Nitrogen 5.0 gas was from Linde Gáz Magyarország Zrt (Budapest, Hungary). Water was purified with a Milli-Q Integral 3 Water Production Unit (Merck Millipore, Billerica, MA, USA). Round mica sheets were from Ted Pella, Inc. (Redding, CA, USA). Purified T7 bacteriophages were a kind gift from the group of Gabriella Csík [30 (link)].

1,2-dimyristoyl-sn-glycero-3-phosphocholine (DMPC) was from Avanti Polar Lipids Inc. (Alabaster, AL). Lipopolysaccharides (LPS, rough strains) from Escherichia coli EH100 (Ra mutant), Whatman Nuclepore membrane filters (track-etched polycarbonate membranes, pore diameter 100 nm), octyl glucopyranoside (OG), sarkosyl, poly-l-lysine (PLL) (150 000–300 000 g mol⁻¹), lysozyme, sodium azide, calcium, Trizma base and 1 M magnesium chloride solutions were from Sigma-Aldrich. DNAse I was from Thermo Fisher Scientific. Argon 5.0 and nitrogen 5.0 gases were from Linde Gáz Magyarország Zrt (Budapest, Hungary). Water was purified with a Milli-Q Integral 3 Water Production Unit (Merck Millipore, Billerica, MA). Round mica sheets were from Ted Pella, Inc. (Redding, CA). Detergent adsorbent SM-2 Bio Beads were from Bio-Rad.