Abstract
This Letter to the Editor concerns a recent article published in mBio (1). I am offering my comments on this article in the spirit of the correct interpretation of scientific data. My areas of expertise are in electron microscopy and in prokaryotic predators known as Bdellovibrio and Bdellovibrio -like organisms (BALOs). I have a recent article in the International Journal of Systematic and Evolutionary Microbiology (2), which will confirm this. I understand the concept behind Dr. William’s experiments to coinfect a marine bacterium, Vibrio vulnificus, with both bacteriophage and Bacteriovorax . However, the transmission electron micrographs in Fig. 1 of this article (1) do not support his conclusions. The cells in Fig. 1B to D that he refers to as bdelloplasts look to me like plasmolyzed V. vulnificus cells. The fixation method he used (3 …
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