Molecular suit of armor (IMAGE)

University of Colorado at Boulder

Molecular suit of armor

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Transmission electron micrograph demonstrating how the functional amyloid curli (purple) acts as a molecular suit of armor to defend E. coli (green) against the predatory bacterium Bdellovibrio bacteriovorus (orange). 

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Whiteley Lab

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