Super-resolution Confocal Cryo-CLEM with Cryo-FIB Milling for Imaging of

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Journal Curr Res Struct Biol

Specialty Molecular Biology

Date 2022 Jan 3

PMID 34977598

Citations 17

Authors

Danielle L Sexton

Steffen Burgold

Andreas Schertel

Elitza I Tocheva

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Abstract

Studying bacterial cell envelope architecture with electron microscopy is challenging due to the poor preservation of microbial ultrastructure with traditional methods. Here, we established and validated a super-resolution cryo-correlative light and electron microscopy (cryo-CLEM) method, and combined it with cryo-focused ion beam (cryo-FIB) milling and scanning electron microscopy (SEM) volume imaging to structurally characterize the bacterium . Subsequent cryo-electron tomography (cryo-ET) revealed an unusual diderm cell envelope architecture with a thick layer of peptidoglycan (PG) between the inner and outer membranes, an additional periplasmic layer, and a proteinaceous surface S-layer. Cells grew in tetrads, and division septa were formed by invagination of the inner membrane (IM), followed by a thick layer of PG. Cytoskeletal filaments, FtsA and FtsZ, were observed at the leading edges of constricting septa. Numerous macromolecular complexes were found associated with the cytoplasmic side of the IM. Altogether, our study revealed several unique ultrastructural features of cells, opening new lines of investigation into the physiology and evolution of the bacterium.

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