Nature microbiology - bdellovibrio in full technicolour


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_BDELLOVIBRIO_ IN FULL TECHNICOLOUR Shown here are 3D segmentations, based on cryo-electron tomograms, highlighting the microbial predator _Bdellovibrio bacteriovorus_ (in blue) either


capturing prey (_Escherichia coli_ minicells, shown in green), or inside prey (_Vibrio cholerae_, shown in yellow) forming the so-called bdelloplast. Red filaments in predator cells


represent retracted flagellar filaments of _B. bacteriovorus_. The bdelloplast has the characteristic ‘bubble-like’ tentative seal. See Kaplan et al. Image: Mohammed Kaplan and William J.


Nicolas, California Institute of Technology. Cover Design: Valentina Monaco.