And now to something completely different: the response of an anaerobic archaeon to oxidative stress. Tubular nanocompartments encapsulate virus-like particles! Great work by Wenfei Song and many colleagues from @bijvoet-centre.bsky.social and @mib-wur.bsky.social.
www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1...
Reactive oxygen species (ROS) pose a significant threat to biological molecules, prompting organisms to develop systems that buffer oxidative stress and contain iron, which otherwise amplifies ROS pro...
