Acidocalcisomes are membrane-enclosed, polyphosphate-containing acidic organelles in
lower Eukaryota but have also been described for Agrobacterium tumefaciens (M …

Driven by life-science applications, mega-electron-volt Scanning Transmission Electron
Microscope (MeV-STEM) has been proposed to image thick biological samples. The high …

Driven by life-science applications, a mega-electron-volt Scanning Transmission Electron
Microscope (MeV-STEM) has been proposed here to image thick frozen biological samples …

Swarmer cells of the Gram-negative uropathogenic bacteria Proteus mirabilis and Vibrio
parahaemolyticus become long (> 10 to 100 μm) and multinucleate during their growth and …

Biological function of macromolecules is closely tied to their cellular location, as well as to
interactions with other molecules within the native environment of the cell. Therefore, to …

The tree of life (TOL) is a powerful framework to depict the evolutionary history of cellular
organisms through time, from our microbial origins to the diversification of multicellular …

Biominerals are extraordinary materials that provide organisms with a variety of functions to
support life. The synthesis of biominerals and organization at the macroscopic level is a …

As a member of Planctomycetes-Verrucomicrobia-Chlamydia (PVC) superphylum, the
phylum Lentisphaerae is broadly distributed in various environments. Lentisphaerae …

Bdellovibrio bacteriovorus is an endobiotic microbial predator that offers promise as a living
antibiotic for its ability to kill Gram-negative bacteria, including human pathogens. Even after …

Bacterial contractile injection systems are fascinating particles that use a spring-like
mechanism to inject an effector-loaded needle into target cells. A recent study shows that the …