E. coli cells infected with bacteriophage (IMAGE)

University of California - San Diego

E. coli cells infected with bacteriophage

Caption

Fluorescence microscopy image of E. coli cells infected with bacteriophage Goslar, with both the phage nuclei and EPI vesicles fluorescently labeled. The viral DNA is inside the phage nuclei (cyan), surrounded by a shell made of phage protein ChmA (magenta). The EPI vesicles (yellow dots) remain attached to the outside of the phage nuclei, having transferred their DNA to the phage nuclei as part of the phage life cycle. 

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Joe and Kit Pogliano labs, UC San Diego

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