But what are zombies?🧟‍♂️ In environmental samples and pure cultures, we detected phage-infected cells devoid of ribosomes. Zombies contributed up to >15% of total cell counts!😳 We visualized the ribosomes (CARD-FISH), DNA (DAPI), and phage genes (direct-geneFISH). 🔬 4/n

Do I see a zombie in the first microscopy image? No! It's a SAR11 cell from the environment. You can see the ribosomes (green), DNA (blue), and phage genes (magenta). I just liked that image a lot ... 5/n