To construct his decoys, Paton inserted genes from two other bacteria types into the mild-mannered E. coli strain so that it would incorporate a chimeric molecule into its surface receptors.

• 为了打造这种诱捕细菌，培顿将来自其他两种细菌的基因，植入温合的大肠杆菌株中，于是嵌合的分子便会纳入细菌表面的受体中。