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ArticleExtremophiles : life under extreme conditions2017

Cryo-electron microscopy of an extremely halophilic microbe: technical aspects.

Daniel Bollschweiler, Miroslava Schaffer, C Martin Lawrence, Harald Engelhardt

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Article in Extremophiles : life under extreme conditions, 2017. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 3 papers.

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  2. Analysis of Cell-Cell Bridges inFrontiers in microbiology · 2020
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  3. Archaeal cell surface biogenesis.FEMS microbiology reviews · 2018
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4 authors.

Daniel BollschweilerMax-Planck-Institut für Biochemie, Am Klopferspitz 18, 82152, Martinsried, Germany.
Miroslava SchafferMax-Planck-Institut für Biochemie, Am Klopferspitz 18, 82152, Martinsried, Germany.
C Martin LawrenceMax-Planck-Institut für Biochemie, Am Klopferspitz 18, 82152, Martinsried, Germany.
Harald EngelhardtMax-Planck-Institut für Biochemie, Am Klopferspitz 18, 82152, Martinsried, Germany. engelhar@biochem.mpg.de.

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Most halophilic Archaea of the class Halobacteriaceae depend on the presence of several molar sodium chloride for growth and cell integrity. This poses problems for structural studies, particularly for electron microscopy, where the high salt concentration results in diminished contrast. Since cryo-electron microscopy of intact cells provides new insights into the cellular and molecular organization under close-to-live conditions, we evaluated strategies and conditions to make halophilic microbes available for investigations in situ. Halobacterium salinarum, the test organism for this study, usually grows at 4.3 M NaCl. Adaptation to lower concentrations and subsequent NaCl reduction via dialysis led to still vital cells at 3 M salt. A comprehensive evaluation of vitrification parameters, thinning of frozen cells by focused-ion-beam micromachining, and cryo-electron microscopy revealed that structural studies under high salt conditions are possible in situ.

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Cryoelectron MicroscopyHalobacteriumSodium ChlorideVitrificationSodium ChlorideCryo-electron tomographyFocused-ion-beam micromachiningGas vesiclesHaloarchaeaHalobacterium salinarumVitrification

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PMCPMC5329092

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