We illustrate here how to use electron cryotomography (ECT) to study the ultrastructure of bacterial cells in near-native states, to "macromolecular" (~4 nm) resolution.
Chen, S., McDowall, A., Dobro, M. J., Briegel, A., Ladinsky, M., Shi, J., Tocheva, E. I., Beeby, M., Pilhofer, M., Ding, H. J., Li, Z., Gan, L., Morris, D. M., Jensen, G. J. Electron Cryotomography of Bacterial Cells. J. Vis. Exp. (39), e1943, doi:10.3791/1943 (2010).