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César Sánchez @twistedbacteria.bsky.social · 29/11/2024

All cells are encapsulated by a membrane of complex lipidic composition, right? Not anymore! @JamesSaenz.bsky.social et al. show that a ‘minimal’ bacterial cell only needs 2 lipid species #microNatComms #Microbiology #CellBiology #lipids Read the paper: www.nature.com/artic...

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A tuneable minimal cell membrane reveals that two lipid species suffice for life

Nature Communications - All cells are encapsulated by a membrane of complex lipidic composition, and understanding the roles of different lipids in membrane function is experimentally challenging...

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Anirban Banerjee @banirbn.bsky.social · 30/11/2024

Super cool. Congratulations to the entire team.

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Jung Choi "not going back!" @jung-gt.bsky.social · 30/11/2024

That synthetic mycoplasma cell can grow with a membrane composed of only cholesterol and di-ether phosphatidylcholine. Two lipids that are not usually found together on the membrane of any natural cell. Cholesterol is eukaryotic, diether phospholipids is archaeal, to my understanding.

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César Sánchez @twistedbacteria.bsky.social · 29/11/2024

OK it seems Bluesky handles are case-sensitive...? @jamessaenz.bsky.social

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Roland Hatzenpichler @environmicrobio.bsky.social · 29/11/2024

Yes, as far as we know, all natural cells are encapsulated by a complex membrane. To be clear: the attached paper is a synthetic biology study that doesn’t deal with a natural cell. Still very cool and important, but this should be clarified in the “tweet”.

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