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

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

Halophilic archaea have been proposed to exchange DNA and proteins using a fusion-based mating mechanism. Scanning electron microscopy previously suggested that mating involves an intermediate state, where cells are connected by an intercellular bridge. To better understand this process, we used ele...

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Main Authors: Shamphavi Sivabalasarma, Hanna Wetzel, Phillip Nußbaum, Chris van der Does, Morgan Beeby, Sonja-Verena Albers
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Frontiers Media S.A. 2021-01-01
Series:Frontiers in Microbiology
Subjects:
Haloferax volcanii
electron cryo-tomography
archaea
horizontal gene transfer
cell fusion
Online Access:https://www.frontiersin.org/articles/10.3389/fmicb.2020.612239/full

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