Bacterial nanotubes as a manifestation of cell death

Bacterial nanotubes as a manifestation of cell death

Bacterial nanotubes and other similar membranous structures have been reported to function as conduits between cells to exchange DNA, proteins, and nutrients. Here the authors provide evidence that bacterial nanotubes are formed only by dead or dying cells, thus questioning their previously proposed...

Full description

Bibliographic Details
Main Authors: Jiří Pospíšil, Dragana Vítovská, Olga Kofroňová, Katarína Muchová, Hana Šanderová, Martin Hubálek, Michaela Šiková, Martin Modrák, Oldřich Benada, Imrich Barák, Libor Krásný
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Nature Publishing Group 2020-10-01
Series:Nature Communications
Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-020-18800-2
id doaj-b25c9a7e0d404ab48316a6c30906612b
record_format Article
spelling doaj-b25c9a7e0d404ab48316a6c30906612b2021-10-03T11:51:33ZengNature Publishing GroupNature Communications2041-17232020-10-0111111210.1038/s41467-020-18800-2Bacterial nanotubes as a manifestation of cell deathJiří Pospíšil0Dragana Vítovská1Olga Kofroňová2Katarína Muchová3Hana Šanderová4Martin Hubálek5Michaela Šiková6Martin Modrák7Oldřich Benada8Imrich Barák9Libor Krásný10Laboratory of Microbial Genetics and Gene Expression, Institute of Microbiology of the Czech Academy of SciencesLaboratory of Microbial Genetics and Gene Expression, Institute of Microbiology of the Czech Academy of SciencesLaboratory of Molecular Structure Characterization, Institute of Microbiology of the Czech Academy of SciencesDepartment of Microbial Genetics, Institute of Molecular Biology, Slovak Academy of SciencesLaboratory of Microbial Genetics and Gene Expression, Institute of Microbiology of the Czech Academy of SciencesInstitute of Organic Chemistry and Biochemistry of the Czech Academy of SciencesLaboratory of Microbial Genetics and Gene Expression, Institute of Microbiology of the Czech Academy of SciencesLaboratory of Bioinformatics/Core Facility, Institute of Microbiology of the Czech Academy of SciencesLaboratory of Molecular Structure Characterization, Institute of Microbiology of the Czech Academy of SciencesDepartment of Microbial Genetics, Institute of Molecular Biology, Slovak Academy of SciencesLaboratory of Microbial Genetics and Gene Expression, Institute of Microbiology of the Czech Academy of SciencesBacterial nanotubes and other similar membranous structures have been reported to function as conduits between cells to exchange DNA, proteins, and nutrients. Here the authors provide evidence that bacterial nanotubes are formed only by dead or dying cells, thus questioning their previously proposed functions.https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-020-18800-2
collection DOAJ
language English
format Article
sources DOAJ
author Jiří Pospíšil
Dragana Vítovská
Olga Kofroňová
Katarína Muchová
Hana Šanderová
Martin Hubálek
Michaela Šiková
Martin Modrák
Oldřich Benada
Imrich Barák
Libor Krásný
spellingShingle Jiří Pospíšil
Dragana Vítovská
Olga Kofroňová
Katarína Muchová
Hana Šanderová
Martin Hubálek
Michaela Šiková
Martin Modrák
Oldřich Benada
Imrich Barák
Libor Krásný
Bacterial nanotubes as a manifestation of cell death
Nature Communications
author_facet Jiří Pospíšil
Dragana Vítovská
Olga Kofroňová
Katarína Muchová
Hana Šanderová
Martin Hubálek
Michaela Šiková
Martin Modrák
Oldřich Benada
Imrich Barák
Libor Krásný
author_sort Jiří Pospíšil
title Bacterial nanotubes as a manifestation of cell death
title_short Bacterial nanotubes as a manifestation of cell death
title_full Bacterial nanotubes as a manifestation of cell death
title_fullStr Bacterial nanotubes as a manifestation of cell death
title_full_unstemmed Bacterial nanotubes as a manifestation of cell death
title_sort bacterial nanotubes as a manifestation of cell death
publisher Nature Publishing Group
series Nature Communications
issn 2041-1723
publishDate 2020-10-01
description Bacterial nanotubes and other similar membranous structures have been reported to function as conduits between cells to exchange DNA, proteins, and nutrients. Here the authors provide evidence that bacterial nanotubes are formed only by dead or dying cells, thus questioning their previously proposed functions.
url https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-020-18800-2
work_keys_str_mv AT jiripospisil bacterialnanotubesasamanifestationofcelldeath
AT draganavitovska bacterialnanotubesasamanifestationofcelldeath
AT olgakofronova bacterialnanotubesasamanifestationofcelldeath
AT katarinamuchova bacterialnanotubesasamanifestationofcelldeath
AT hanasanderova bacterialnanotubesasamanifestationofcelldeath
AT martinhubalek bacterialnanotubesasamanifestationofcelldeath
AT michaelasikova bacterialnanotubesasamanifestationofcelldeath
AT martinmodrak bacterialnanotubesasamanifestationofcelldeath
AT oldrichbenada bacterialnanotubesasamanifestationofcelldeath
AT imrichbarak bacterialnanotubesasamanifestationofcelldeath
AT liborkrasny bacterialnanotubesasamanifestationofcelldeath
_version_ 1716845217546502144

Similar Items