How bacteria arrange their organelles

• DOI: 10.7554/elife.43777
• Publication Date: 2019-01-07T10:04:28Z
• Authors: Emilia Mauriello
• Keywords: Organelles; Synechococcus; Microbiology and Infectious Disease; 0303 health sciences; carboxysomes; QH301-705.5; [SDV]Life Sciences [q-bio]; Science; Q; R; [SDV.BC]Life Sciences [q-bio]/Cellular Biology; cyanobacteria; [SDV] Life Sciences [q-bio]; 03 medical and health sciences; Bacterial Proteins; Synechococcus elongatus PCC 7942; Medicine; Biology (General); Photosynthesis; protein self-organization; [SDV.BC] Life Sciences [q-bio]/Cellular Biology

The structures responsible for photosynthesis in bacteria use the nucleoid and two unique proteins as a scaffold to position themselves.