Notices by Small Things Considered (stcmicrobeblog@mstdn.science)

@freemo I'm a fan of Jean-Marie Volland's and his colleagues work! however, this includes criticism of one of their claims. because this is science 😀

@freemo

"My skepticism about the authors' claim that the genome of 𝘛. 𝘮𝘢𝘨𝘯𝘪𝘧𝘪𝘤𝘢 is localized in mem­brane-bound compartments ─ which they call "pepins" ─ stems from the fact that their techni­cally excellent EM images do not show a continuous membrane, at least not in one focal plane (Figure 4, F+G)."
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https://schaechter.asmblog.org/schaechter/2022/05/magnificently-long-thiomargarita-magnifica.html

Pseudouridine, antibiotics, and blue

by Janie — Pseudouridine, an isomer of uridine, is perhaps now most widely known for its critical role in the success of the COVID-19 mRNA vaccines. Three years ago on STC, Roberto wrote an appreciative note about this key feature of the vaccines, the N1-methylpseudouridine that acts a bit like an invisibility cloak...

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