Bacterial spores owe their incredible resistance capacities to molecular structures that
protect the cell content from external aggressions. Among the determinants of resistance are …

The study of bacterial cell biology is limited by difficulties in visualizing cellular structures at
high spatial resolution within their native milieu. Here, we visualize Bacillus subtilis …

The capability to image single microbial cell surfaces at nanometer scale under native
conditions would profoundly impact mechanistic and structural studies of pathogenesis …

Protein filaments are ubiquitous in nature and have diverse biological functions. Cryo-
electron microscopy (cryo-EM) enables the determination of atomic structures, even from …

Many biological processes are mediated through the action of multiprotein complexes, often
assembled at specific cellular locations. Bacterial endospores for example, are encased in a …

Our previous atomic force microscopy (AFM) studies successfully visualized native Bacillus
atrophaeus spore coat ultrastructure and surface morphology. We have shown that the outer …

Bacterial sporulation allows starving cells to differentiate into metabolically dormant spores
that can survive extreme conditions. Following asymmetric division, the mother cell engulfs …

Bacterial spores of the genera Bacillus and Clostridium are extremely resistant against
desiccation, heat and radiation and involved in the spread and pathogenicity of health …

The sporulation program in Bacillus subtilis ends in the formation of a highly resistant
endospore that can withstand extremes of heat, mechanical disruption, ultraviolet irradiation …

Aims: The aim of this work was to compare the chemical structure of the spore cortex of a
range of species, and to determine any correlation between cortex structure and spore …