Thermophilic bacteria employ a contractile injection system in hot spring microbial mats
Vasil A. Gaisin, Corina Hadjicharalambous, Izabela Mujakić, Cristian Villena‐Alemany, Jiayu Li, Michal Koblížek, Martin Pilhofer
The paper identifies a novel contractile injection system in thermophilic bacteria from hot spring mats using cryoET and metagenomics.
The ISME Journal · Jan 1, 2026Peer-reviewedMicrobiology