skip to main content
OSTI.GOV title logo U.S. Department of Energy
Office of Scientific and Technical Information

Title: Off-axis electron holography of bacterial cells and magnetic nanoparticles in liquid

Journal Article · · Journal of the Royal Society Interface

Here, the mapping of electrostatic potentials and magnetic fields in liquids using electron holography has been considered to be unrealistic. Here, we show that hydrated cells of Magnetospirillum magneticum strain AMB-1 and assemblies of magnetic nanoparticles can be studied using off-axis electron holography in a fluid cell specimen holder within the transmission electron microscope. Considering that the holographic object and reference wave both pass through liquid, the recorded electron holograms show sufficient interference fringe contrast to permit reconstruction of the phase shift of the electron wave and mapping of the magnetic induction from bacterial magnetite nanocrystals. We assess the challenges of performing in situ magnetization reversal experiments using a fluid cell specimen holder, discuss approaches for improving spatial resolution and specimen stability, and outline future perspectives for studying scientific phenomena, ranging from interparticle interactions in liquids and electrical double layers at solid–liquid interfaces to biomineralization and the mapping of electrostatic potentials associated with protein aggregation and folding.

Research Organization:
Ames Laboratory (AMES), Ames, IA (United States)
Sponsoring Organization:
USDOE
Grant/Contract Number:
AC02-07CH11358; (FP7/2007-2013); 320832
OSTI ID:
1406562
Report Number(s):
IS-J-9452; TRN: US1703042
Journal Information:
Journal of the Royal Society Interface, Vol. 14, Issue 135; ISSN 1742-5689
Publisher:
The Royal SocietyCopyright Statement
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English
Citation Metrics:
Cited by: 12 works
Citation information provided by
Web of Science

References (77)

Imaging Specific Protein Labels on Eukaryotic Cells in Liquid with Scanning Transmission Electron Microscopy journal August 2011
Electron microscopy of specimens in liquid journal October 2011
Off-axis electron holography of magnetotactic bacteria: magnetic microstructure of strains MV-1 and MS-1 [Off-axis electron holography of magnetotactic bacteria: magnetic microstructure of strains MV-1 and MS-1] journal July 2001
Magnetosome vesicles are present before magnetite formation, and MamA is required for their activation journal March 2004
Electron holography of non-stained bacterial surface layer proteins journal May 2004
The extraordinary dielectric properties of biological materials and the action of enzymes. journal November 1975
Understanding the Surface Potential of Water journal April 2011
Electron tomography and holography in materials science journal April 2009
X-rays Reveal the Internal Structure of Keratin Bundles in Whole Cells journal February 2016
Bubble and Pattern Formation in Liquid Induced by an Electron Beam journal December 2013
Magnetite formation by a magnetic bacterium capable of growing aerobically journal August 1991
Beamstop-based low-background ptychography to image weakly scattering objects journal February 2017
Magnetite from magnetotactic bacteria; size distributions and twinning journal December 1998
Off-axis electron holography of exchange-biased CoFe/FeMn patterned nanostructures journal September 2001
An acidic protein aligns magnetosomes along a filamentous structure in magnetotactic bacteria journal November 2005
Bulge testing of copper and niobium tubes for hydroformed RF cavities journal January 2016
Nucleation of Iron Oxide Nanoparticles Mediated by Mms6 Protein in Situ journal August 2014
Electron holography of individual DNA molecules journal January 1997
Electron–Water Interactions and Implications for Liquid Cell Electron Microscopy journal September 2014
Environmental parameters affect the physical properties of fast-growing magnetosomes journal February 2008
Local and macroscopic electrostatic interactions in single α-helices journal February 2015
Magnetite Biomineralization in Magnetospirillum gryphiswaldense : Time-Resolved Magnetic and Structural Studies journal April 2013
Microdosimetry for Nanosecond Pulsed Electric Field Applications: A Parametric Study for a Single Cell journal May 2011
Electron Holography of Organic and Biological Materials journal September 2003
Oversampling smoothness: an effective algorithm for phase retrieval of noisy diffraction intensities journal February 2013
Evidence of electroconformational changes in membrane proteins: field-induced reductions in intra membrane nonlinear charge movement currents journal June 2004
Electric field induced changes in protein conformation journal January 2014
Molecular Dynamics of DNA–Protein Conjugates on Electrified Surfaces: Solutions to the Drift-Diffusion Equation journal January 2014
Liquid scanning transmission electron microscopy: Nanoscale imaging in micrometers-thick liquids journal February 2014
High-resolution STEM imaging with a quadrant detector—Conditions for differential phase contrast microscopy in the weak phase object approximation journal January 2015
Three-dimensional locations of gold-labeled proteins in a whole mount eukaryotic cell obtained with 3nm precision using aberration-corrected scanning transmission electron microscopy journal June 2011
Magnetosome formation in prokaryotes journal March 2004
Electric Field Effects on Insulin Chain-B Conformation journal December 2005
High-resolution hard x-ray magnetic imaging with dichroic ptychography journal August 2016
In situ electron holographic study of Ionic liquid journal November 2014
Imaging of built-in electric field at a p-n junction by scanning transmission electron microscopy journal June 2015
Beyond classical theories
  • Kathmann, Shawn M.; Sellner, Bernhard; Alexander, Andrew J.
  • NUCLEATION AND ATMOSPHERIC AEROSOLS: 19th International Conference, AIP Conference Proceedings https://doi.org/10.1063/1.4803215
conference January 2013
XXIst century magnetotherapy journal July 2015
Effect of External Electric Field Stress on Gliadin Protein Conformation journal July 2013
Holography and coherent diffraction with low-energy electrons: A route towards structural biology at the single molecule level journal December 2015
A direct observation of nanometer-size void dynamics in an ultra-thin water film journal January 2012
Rapid magnetosome formation shown by real-time x-ray magnetic circular dichroism journal November 2007
Effects of Electric Field Stress on a β-Amyloid Peptide journal January 2009
Low-energy electron holographic imaging of individual tobacco mosaic virions journal September 2015
Magnetic Microstructure of Magnetotactic Bacteria by Electron Holography journal December 1998
Breaking the diffraction limit of light-sheet fluorescence microscopy by RESOLFT journal March 2016
Electron Holography for the Study of Magnetic Nanomaterials journal May 2008
Effect of inactivation of poly(hydroxyalkanoates) depolymerase gene on the properties of poly(hydroxyalkanoates) in Pseudomonas resinovorans journal October 2003
Synthesis of Magnetite Nanoparticles for Bio- and Nanotechnology: Genetic Engineering and Biomimetics of Bacterial Magnetosomes journal February 2007
Modulating protein behaviors on responsive surface by external electric fields: A molecular dynamics study journal January 2015
Magnetic microstructure of bacterial magnetite by electron holography [Magnetic microstructure of bacterial magnetite by electron holography] journal July 2001
Experimental system for real-time assessment of potential changes in protein conformation induced by electromagnetic fields: System for Assessing EMF Effects on Proteins journal May 2013
Electric field effects on chignolin conformation journal May 2011
Magnetosomes Are Cell Membrane Invaginations Organized by the Actin-Like Protein MamK journal January 2006
A matter of quantum voltages journal October 2014
Differential phase-contrast dark-field electron holography for strain mapping journal January 2016
Electron holography of biological samples journal April 2008
High-Resolution Electron Microscopy and Spectroscopy of Ferritin in Biocompatible Graphene Liquid Cells and Graphene Sandwiches journal February 2014
Electron holography and AFM studies on styrenic block copolymers and a high impact polystyrene journal January 2005
Magnetic induction mapping of magnetite chains in magnetotactic bacteria at room temperature and close to the Verwey transition using electron holography journal January 2005
Electron Holography: Applications to Materials Questions journal August 2007
Liquid Scanning Transmission Electron Microscopy: Imaging Protein Complexes in their Native Environment in Whole Eukaryotic Cells journal February 2014
Electronic Effects on the Surface Potential at the Vapor−Liquid Interface of Water journal December 2008
Biogenic nanoparticles: production, characterization, and application of bacterial magnetosomes journal September 2006
Growth and magnetosome formation by microaerophilic Magnetospirillum strains in an oxygen-controlled fermentor journal February 2003
Magnetite from magnetotactic bacteria; size distributions and twinning journal December 1998
Supplementary material from "Off-axis electron holography of bacterial cells and magnetic nanoparticles in liquid" dataset October 2017
Imaging Specific Protein Labels on Eukaryotic Cells in Liquid with Scanning Transmission Electron Microscopy journal July 2010
Electronic Effects on the Surface Potential at the Vapor−Liquid Interface of Water journal November 2009
X-rays Reveal the Internal Structure of Keratin Bundles in Whole Cells text January 2016
Holography and coherent diffraction with low-energy electrons: A route towards structural biology at the single molecule level text January 2015
Low-energy electron holographic imaging of individual tobacco mosaic virions text January 2015
Experimental system for real-time assessment of potential changes in protein conformation induced by electromagnetic fields text January 2013
Oversampling smoothness (OSS): an effective algorithm for phase retrieval of noisy diffraction intensities text January 2012
Holography and Coherent Diffraction with Low-Energy Electrons: A Route towards Structural Biology at the Single Molecule Level text January 2014
Ionic Wave Propagation along Actin Filaments journal April 2004
Specimen preparation for cryogenic coherent X-ray diffraction imaging of biological cells and cellular organelles by using the X-ray free-electron laser at SACLA journal May 2016

Cited By (4)

The Influence of Distant Boundaries on the Solvation of Charged Particles journal March 2019
Resolution and aberration correction in liquid cell transmission electron microscopy journal December 2018
Imaging of soft materials using in situ liquid-cell transmission electron microscopy journal January 2019
Resolution and aberration correction in liquid cell transmission electron microscopy collection January 2018


Similar Records

Correlative Electron and Fluorescence Microscopy of Magnetotactic Bacteria in Liquid: Toward In Vivo Imaging
Journal Article · Fri Oct 31 00:00:00 EDT 2014 · Scientific Reports · OSTI ID:1406562

Global Analysis of Biomineralization Genes in Magnetospirillum magneticum AMB-1
Journal Article · Tue Feb 22 00:00:00 EST 2022 · mSystems · OSTI ID:1406562

Bioinspired synthesis of magnetic nanoparticles
Thesis/Dissertation · Thu Jan 01 00:00:00 EST 2009 · OSTI ID:1406562