A synthetic bacterial microcompartment as production platform for pyruvate from formate and acetate [Microbiology]

Bacteria do not have organelles. This textbook statement is as simple as it is false. An organelle is defined as a specialized structure inside a cell that has specific functions, such as the mitochondrium, the chloroplast, and the Golgi apparatus in a eukaryotic cell. Bacteria were believed to be devoid...
Source: Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences - Category: Science Authors: Tags: Microbiology, Commentaries Commentary Source Type: research