Cryo-electron tomography for microbial ecology and evolution

Project Information

CryoET4Diversity

Grant agreement ID: 101000232

DOI

10.3030/101000232

EC signature date 20 January 2021

Start date 1 January 2022

End date 31 December 2026

Funded under

• EXCELLENT SCIENCE - European Research Council (ERC)

Total cost

€ 1 996 102,00

EU contribution

€ 1 996 102,00

Coordinated by

EIDGENOESSISCHE TECHNISCHE HOCHSCHULE ZUERICH
Switzerland

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Publications

Peer reviewed articles (9)

Distinct life cycle stages of an ectosymbiotic DPANN archaeon

Author(s): Vasil A Gaisin, Marleen van Wolferen, Sonja-Verena Albers, Martin Pilhofer
Published in: The ISME Journal, Issue 18, 2024, ISSN 1751-7362
Publisher: Nature Publishing Group
DOI: 10.1093/ismejo/wrae076

Mechanism of bacterial predation via ixotrophy

Author(s): Yun-Wei Lien, Davide Amendola, Kang Soo Lee, Nina Bartlau, Jingwei Xu, Go Furusawa, Martin F. Polz, Roman Stocker, Gregor L. Weiss, Martin Pilhofer
Published in: Science, Issue 386, 2024, ISSN 0036-8075
Publisher: American Association for the Advancement of Science
DOI: 10.1126/science.adp0614

Thermophilic bacteria employ a contractile injection system in hot spring microbial mats

Author(s): Vasil A Gaisin, Corina Hadjicharalambous, Izabela Mujakic, Cristian Villena-Alemany, Jiangning Li, Michal Koblizek, Martin Pilhofer
Published in: ISME Journal, 2026, ISSN 1751-7370
Publisher: nd
DOI: 10.1101/2025.08.11.669294

Microtubules in Asgard archaea

Author(s): Florian Wollweber, Jingwei Xu, Rafael I. Ponce-Toledo, Florina Marxer, Thiago Rodrigues-Oliveira, Anja Pössnecker, Zhen-Hao Luo, Jessie James Limlingan Malit, Anastasiia Kokhanovska, Michal Wieczorek, Christa Schleper, Martin Pilhofer
Published in: Cell, Issue 188, 2026, Page(s) 2451-2464.e26, ISSN 0092-8674
Publisher: Cell Press
DOI: 10.1016/j.cell.2025.02.027

Cultivation and visualization of a methanogen of the phylum Thermoproteota

Author(s): Anthony J. Kohtz, Nikolai Petrosian, Viola Krukenberg, Zackary J. Jay, Martin Pilhofer, Roland Hatzenpichler
Published in: Nature, Issue 632, 2024, Page(s) 1118-1123, ISSN 0028-0836
Publisher: Nature Publishing Group
DOI: 10.1038/s41586-024-07631-6

FilamentID reveals the composition and function of metabolic enzyme polymers during gametogenesis

Author(s): Jannik Hugener, Jingwei Xu, Rahel Wettstein, Lydia Ioannidi, Daniel Velikov, Florian Wollweber, Adrian Henggeler, Joao Matos, Martin Pilhofer
Published in: Cell, Issue 187, 2024, Page(s) 3303-3318.e18, ISSN 0092-8674
Publisher: Cell Press
DOI: 10.1016/j.cell.2024.04.026

Stepwise firing mechanism of an extracellular contractile injection system

Author(s): Jingwei Xu, Charles F. Ericson, Elena R. Toenshoff, Martin Pilhofer
Published in: Nature Communications, Issue 17, 2026, ISSN 2041-1723
Publisher: Nature Publishing Group
DOI: 10.1038/s41467-026-72240-y

Archaeal type six secretion system mediates contact-dependent antagonism

Author(s): Tobias Zachs, Jessie James L. Malit, Jingwei Xu, Alexandra Schürch, Shamphavi Sivabalasarma, Phillip Nußbaum, Sonja-Verena Albers, Martin Pilhofer
Published in: Science Advances, Issue 10, 2024, ISSN 2375-2548
Publisher: AAAS
DOI: 10.1126/sciadv.adp7088

Actin cytoskeleton and complex cell architecture in an Asgard archaeon

Author(s): Thiago Rodrigues-Oliveira, Florian Wollweber, Rafael I. Ponce-Toledo, Jingwei Xu, Simon K.-M. R. Rittmann, Andreas Klingl, Martin Pilhofer, Christa Schleper
Published in: Nature, 2022, ISSN 0028-0836
Publisher: Nature Publishing Group
DOI: 10.1038/s41586-022-05550-y