A catalog of the diversity and ubiquity of bacterial microcompartments

Bacterial microcompartments (BMCs) are organelles consisting of a protein shell in which certain metabolic reactions take place separated from the cytoplasm. Here, Sutter et al. present a comprehensive catalog of BMC loci, substantially expanding the number of known BMCs and describing distinct type...

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Main Authors: Markus Sutter, Matthew R. Melnicki, Frederik Schulz, Tanja Woyke, Cheryl A. Kerfeld
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Nature Portfolio 2021-06-01
Series:Nature Communications
Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-021-24126-4