Opportunities and limits in imaging microorganisms and their activities in soil microhabitats

C Védère, LV Gonod, N Nunan, C Chenu - Soil Biology and Biochemistry, 2022 - Elsevier
The soil microhabitat is a heterogeneous and complex environment where local variations
can modulate phenomena observed at the plot scale. Most of the current methods used to …

Architecture of soil microaggregates: Advanced methodologies to explore properties and functions

W Amelung, N Tang, N Siebers… - Journal of Plant …, 2024 - Wiley Online Library
The functions of soils are intimately linked to their three‐dimensional pore space and the
associated biogeochemical interfaces, mirrored in the complex structure that developed …

Roadmap for focused ion beam technologies

K Höflich, G Hobler, FI Allen, T Wirtz, G Rius… - Applied Physics …, 2023 - pubs.aip.org
The focused ion beam (FIB) is a powerful tool for fabrication, modification, and
characterization of materials down to the nanoscale. Starting with the gallium FIB, which was …

Single-molecule imaging of stochastic interactions that drive dynein activation and cargo movement in cells

NA Tirumala, GMI Redpath, SV Skerhut, P Dolai… - Journal of Cell …, 2024 - rupress.org
Cytoplasmic dynein 1 (dynein) is the primary minus end–directed motor protein in most
eukaryotic cells. Dynein remains in an inactive conformation until the formation of a tripartite …

Emerging sensing, imaging, and computational technologies to scale nano-to macroscale rhizosphere dynamics–Review and research perspectives

AH Ahkami, O Qafoku, T Roose, Q Mou, Y Lu… - Soil Biology and …, 2023 - Elsevier
The soil region influenced by plant roots, ie, the rhizosphere, is one of the most complex
biological habitats on Earth and significantly impacts global carbon flow and transformation …

Correlative Imaging of the Rhizosphere─ A Multimethod Workflow for Targeted Mapping of Chemical Gradients

E Lippold, S Schlüter, CW Mueller… - … science & technology, 2023 - ACS Publications
Examining in situ processes in the soil rhizosphere requires spatial information on physical
and chemical properties under undisturbed conditions. We developed a correlative imaging …

HSPB8 frameshift mutant aggregates weaken chaperone-assisted selective autophagy in neuromyopathies

B Tedesco, L Vendredy, E Adriaenssens, M Cozzi… - Autophagy, 2023 - Taylor & Francis
Chaperone-assisted selective autophagy (CASA) is a highly selective pathway for the
disposal of misfolding and aggregating proteins. In muscle, CASA assures muscle integrity …

Microbial identification, high-resolution microscopy and spectrometry of the rhizosphere in its native spatial context

CD Bandara, M Schmidt, Y Davoudpour… - Frontiers in Plant …, 2021 - frontiersin.org
During the past decades, several stand-alone and combinatorial methods have been
developed to investigate the chemistry (ie, mapping of elemental, isotopic, and molecular …

Endocytosis is a significant contributor to uranium (VI) uptake in tobacco (Nicotiana tabacum) BY-2 cells in phosphate-deficient culture

WA John, B Lückel, N Matschiavelli, R Hübner… - Science of the Total …, 2022 - Elsevier
Endocytosis of metals in plants is a growing field of study involving metal uptake from the
rhizosphere. Uranium, which is naturally and artificially released into the rhizosphere, is …

Iron corrosion by methanogenic archaea characterized by stable isotope effects and crust mineralogy

M Tamisier, M Schmidt, C Vogt… - Environmental …, 2022 - Wiley Online Library
Carbon and hydrogen stable isotope effects associated with methane formation by the
corrosive archaeon Methanobacterium strain IM1 were determined during growth with …