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what on earth is this thing (TEM)
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TEM image attached of one of our problem children this semester. In this view, it looks like there are a bunch of destroyed capsids (which tracks, this phage has been a challenge to keep alive) and possibly one intact, very round capsid against a field of ribosomes… but if so, the capsid is TINY. Is this even a phage? Host is Arthrobacter globiformis B-2979. |
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Nic, Check out this EM. or phage Piku. Not sure what is in the picture is the phage, but I think I see similar structures in these micrographs. debbie |
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Hi Nic: the dark things in your micrograph are ribosomes.I suspect the bright shiny sphere is a vesicle, perhaps. Carol |
| Link to this post | posted today, 16:22 | |
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Those do look very similar! Not a phage, then… microvesicle or lipid droplet makes sense. Which means we did somehow blow up all the capsids, this was an e10 stock! |