Fig. 5. Native AFM topographs of intact β-carboxysomes from Syn7942. (A) An overview topograph of isolated intact β-carboxysomes in the 40% fraction captured by AFM in solution. (B) High-resolution AFM image of a single intact β-carboxysome, showing the morphological features of β-carboxysomes. Several surface protrusions can be distinguished. The polyhedral shape of the β-carboxysome is outlined by white dashed lines. (C) Height profile of the β-carboxysome, taken along the white arrow indicated in (B). (D) 3D representation of the native architecture of the same β-carboxysome from Syn7942.
