Fig. 1: Profftella and tubes observed via optical microscopy and 2D TEM. | npj Imaging

Fig. 1: Profftella and tubes observed via optical microscopy and 2D TEM.

From: Enigmatic tubular ultrastructure in the bacterial defensive symbiont of the Asian citrus psyllid Diaphorina citri

Fig. 1

A Isolated Profftella cells observed under an DIC microscope. B, C Tubes in ruptured but unfixed Profftella observed by TEM. D–F TEM observation of ultrathin sections of chemically fixed and resin-embedded Profftella cells and tubes. Numerous Profftella cells are packed in a syncytium of the D. citri bacteriome (D). Longitudinal view of a tube (E). Cross-sectional view of the tubes (F). p, Profftella; t, tube; cm, cell membrane of Profftella; hco, host cell organelles. Scale bars: (A) 10 μm, (B) 2 μm; (C, E and F) 200 nm, (D) 1 μm.

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