{"database":"biostudies-literature","file_versions":[],"scores":null,"additional":{"submitter":["Sexton DL"],"funding":["Gouvernement du Canada | Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Council of Canada"],"pagination":["e0190621"],"full_dataset_link":["https://www.ebi.ac.uk/biostudies/studies/S-EPMC8788754"],"repository":["biostudies-literature"],"omics_type":["Unknown"],"volume":["88(2)"],"pubmed_abstract":["Dehalococcoides mccartyi (<i>Dhc</i>) and <i>Dehalogenimonas</i> spp. (<i>Dhgm</i>) are members of the class <i>Dehalococcoidia</i>, phylum Chloroflexi, characterized by streamlined genomes and a strict requirement for organohalogens as electron acceptors. Here, we used cryo-electron tomography to reveal morphological and ultrastructural features of <i>Dhc</i> strain BAV1 and \"<i>Candidatus</i> Dehalogenimonas etheniformans\" strain GP cells at unprecedented resolution. <i>Dhc</i> cells were irregularly shaped discs (890 ± 110 nm long, 630 ± 110 nm wide, and 130 ± 15 nm thick) with curved and straight sides that intersected at acute angles, whereas <i>Dhgm</i> cells appeared as slightly flattened cocci (760 ± 85 nm). The cell envelopes were composed of a cytoplasmic membrane (CM), a paracry"],"journal":["Applied and environmental microbiology"],"pubmed_title":["Ultrastructure of Organohalide-Respiring <i>Dehalococcoidia</i> Revealed by Cryo-Electron Tomography."],"pmcid":["PMC8788754"],"funding_grant_id":["04345","546024"],"pubmed_authors":["Kara Murdoch F","Tocheva EI","Loffler FE","Sexton DL","Chen G","Hashimi A"],"additional_accession":[]},"is_claimable":false,"name":"Ultrastructure of Organohalide-Respiring <i>Dehalococcoidia</i> Revealed by Cryo-Electron Tomography.","description":"Dehalococcoides mccartyi (<i>Dhc</i>) and <i>Dehalogenimonas</i> spp. (<i>Dhgm</i>) are members of the class <i>Dehalococcoidia</i>, phylum Chloroflexi, characterized by streamlined genomes and a strict requirement for organohalogens as electron acceptors. Here, we used cryo-electron tomography to reveal morphological and ultrastructural features of <i>Dhc</i> strain BAV1 and \"<i>Candidatus</i> Dehalogenimonas etheniformans\" strain GP cells at unprecedented resolution. <i>Dhc</i> cells were irregularly shaped discs (890 ± 110 nm long, 630 ± 110 nm wide, and 130 ± 15 nm thick) with curved and straight sides that intersected at acute angles, whereas <i>Dhgm</i> cells appeared as slightly flattened cocci (760 ± 85 nm). The cell envelopes were composed of a cytoplasmic membrane (CM), a paracry","dates":{"release":"2022-01-01T00:00:00Z","publication":"2022 Jan","modification":"2026-06-07T07:30:49.22Z","creation":"2025-04-19T10:46:51.699Z"},"accession":"S-EPMC8788754","cross_references":{"pubmed":["34788060"],"doi":["10.1128/AEM.01906-21","10.1128/aem.01906-21"]}}