Structure of the bacterial cellulose ribbon and its assembly-guiding cytoskeleton by electron cryotomography

WJ Nicolas, D Ghosal, EI Tocheva… - Journal of …, 2021 - Am Soc Microbiol
… S3), which is a rare and largely uncharacterized aspect of bacteria (45). The most notable
feature we observed was another ribbon-like structure closely associated with the inner …

Bdellovibrio predation cycle characterized at nanometre-scale resolution with cryo-electron tomography

M Kaplan, YW Chang, CM Oikonomou, WJ Nicolas… - Nature …, 2023 - nature.com
… described unidentified structures, including cytoplasmic tubes. We also detected fimbriae on
the … The most intriguing structure we observed on attack-phase cells is the rose-like complex …

[HTML][HTML] Exploring the bacterial nano-universe

N Söderholm, B Singh, BE Uhlin, L Sandblad - Current opinion in structural …, 2020 - Elsevier
… Cryo-ET will enable the next revolution in our understanding of bacterial cells, their ultra-structure
and intricate molecular nanomachines. Here, we highlight recent research discoveries …

[HTML][HTML] Morphological remodeling of Coxiella burnetii during its biphasic developmental cycle revealed by cryo-electron tomography

DC Shepherd, M Kaplan, N Vankadari, KW Kim… - Iscience, 2023 - Elsevier
… Further studies are required to understand the biogenesis and actual function of the
multilayered membranes stacks, ‘endo-spore’ like structures and other uncharacterized features …

Discovery of a novel inner membrane-associated bacterial structure related to the flagellar type III secretion system

M Kaplan, CM Oikonomou, CR Wood… - Journal of …, 2022 - Am Soc Microbiol
… Here, we describe a novel, evolutionarily widespread, hat-shaped structure embedded in
the inner membranes of bacteria, of yet-unidentified function, that is present in species …

Previously uncharacterized rectangular bacterial structures in the dolphin mouth

NK Dudek, JG Galaz-Montoya, H Shi, M Mayer… - Nature …, 2023 - nature.com
bacterial structures (RBSs) in the mouths of bottlenose dolphins. DNA staining revealed
Cryogenic transmission electron microscopy and tomography showed parallel membrane-…

A collection of yeast cellular electron cryotomography data

L Gan, CT Ng, C Chen, S Cai - GigaScience, 2019 - academic.oup.com
Electron cryotomography (cryo-ET) can address these knowledge gaps because it produces
cryotomograms—3D images that reveal biological structure at ∼4-nm resolution. Cryo-ET …

[HTML][HTML] Structure, Function and Evolution of Complex Cellular Organization in Bacteria and Archaea

JD Franke, JA Fuerst, AM Poole - Frontiers in Microbiology, 2021 - frontiersin.org
… of bacterial cell ultrastructure (Dobro et al., 2017) revealed many diverse, uncharacterized
cellular features and structures… Using a combination of electron cryotomography (cryoEM) and …

Structural basis of the strict specificity of a bacterial GH31 α-1, 3-glucosidase for nigerooligosaccharides

M Ikegaya, T Moriya, N Adachi, M Kawasaki… - Journal of Biological …, 2022 - ASBMB
… A clade of uncharacterized proteins derived from bacteria and fungi was detected (Fig. S1).
These proteins are classified as GH31_u1 family in National Center for Biotechnology …

Analysis of Cell–Cell Bridges in Haloferax volcanii Using Electron Cryo-Tomography Reveal a Continuous Cytoplasm and S-Layer

S Sivabalasarma, H Wetzel, P Nußbaum… - Frontiers in …, 2021 - frontiersin.org
… To better understand this process, we used electron cryo-tomography (cryoET) and
fluorescence microscopy to visualize cells forming these intercellular bridges. CryoET showed that …