We found a new #ecological factor in #microbial mats: the #bacterial contractile injection system. Using #cryoET, #metagenomics, & quantitative #immunoTEM, we studied this feature directly in natural populations of bacterial #cells.
Check out 🧐 our new preprint 📜: www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1... Congrats🎉 to @vasilgaisin.bsky.social and Corina Hadjicharalambous, who studied contractile injection systems directly in hot spring♨️ bacterial mats🦠 #microsky#teamtomo#Chloroflexota
