The 3D Ultrastructure of C. elegans Gut Granules

Archer, Grant; Bartlowe, Sam; Bayarbadrakh, Bilegtugs; Bok, Dawson; Bushong, Carolina; Carroll, Anna; Cole, Megan; Dahl II, Eric J.; Denier, Nicholas; Elewa, Ahmed; El Harchi, Hafsa; Fisher, Daniel; Grant, Hannah; Grijalva, Aliyah; Grinfeld, Rachel; Hale, Aiden; Hendricks, Cara; Iskandar, Melek; Kagan, Sharron; Keuneke, Hope; Lammers, Lauryn; Lyons, Annie; Maclin, Quinn; Mistry, Nidhi; Moore, Tatum; Munro, Connor; Nickerson, Gavin; Papalia, Brando; Peacock, Kate; Ritzman, Lauren; Ross, Aiden; Samineni, Rishi; Scales, Max; Schotz, Lillian; Sikkema, Wyatt; Slabaugh, Trinity; Sorenson, Autumn; Sutherland, Seyana; Swisher, Raymond; Valdes, Daniel; Ward, Faith; Wojdyla, Paulina

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Grant Archer¹^*, Sam Bartlowe¹^*, Bilegtugs Bayarbadrakh¹^*, Dawson Bok¹^*, Carolina Bushong¹^*, Anna Carroll¹^*, Megan Cole¹^*, Eric J. Dahl II¹^*, Nicholas Denier¹^*, Ahmed Elewa²^§, Hafsa El Harchi¹^*, Daniel Fisher¹^*, Hannah Grant¹^*, Aliyah Grijalva¹^*, Rachel Grinfeld¹^*, Aiden Hale¹^*, Cara Hendricks¹^*, Melek Iskandar¹^*, Sharron Kagan¹^*, Hope Keuneke¹^*, Lauryn Lammers¹^*, Annie Lyons¹^*, Quinn Maclin¹^*, Nidhi Mistry¹^*, Tatum Moore¹^*, Connor Munro¹^*, Gavin Nickerson¹^*, Brando Papalia¹^*, Kate Peacock¹^*, Lauren Ritzman¹^*, Aiden Ross¹^*, Rishi Samineni¹^*, Max Scales¹^*, Lillian Schotz¹^*, Wyatt Sikkema¹^*, Trinity Slabaugh¹^*, Autumn Sorenson¹^*, Seyana Sutherland¹^*, Raymond Swisher¹^*, Daniel Valdes¹^*, Faith Ward¹^*, and Paulina Wojdyla¹^*

¹Miami University, Oxford, OH, US

²Department of Biology, Miami University, Oxford, OH, US

^§Correspondence to: Ahmed Elewa (elewaa@miamioh.edu)

^* Authors have equal contribution

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Description: Annotation data downloaded from WEBKNOSSOS including volume annotations as Zarr.. Resource Type: Dataset. DOI: 10.22002/9m482-9br85

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Author Contributions

Grant Archer: Investigation
Sam Bartlowe: Investigation
Bilegtugs Bayarbadrakh: Investigation
Dawson Bok: Investigation
Carolina Bushong: Investigation
Anna Carroll: Investigation
Megan Cole: Investigation
Eric J. Dahl II: Investigation
Nicholas Denier: Investigation
Ahmed Elewa: Conceptualization, Data curation, Formal analysis, Funding acquisition, Investigation, Methodology, Project administration, Supervision, Validation, Visualization, Writing - original draft, Writing - review & editing
Hafsa El Harchi: Investigation
Daniel Fisher: Investigation
Hannah Grant: Investigation
Aliyah Grijalva: Investigation
Rachel Grinfeld: Investigation
Aiden Hale: Investigation
Cara Hendricks: Investigation
Melek Iskandar: Investigation
Sharron Kagan: Investigation
Hope Keuneke: Investigation
Lauryn Lammers: Investigation
Annie Lyons: Investigation
Quinn Maclin: Investigation
Nidhi Mistry: Investigation
Tatum Moore: Investigation
Connor Munro: Investigation
Gavin Nickerson: Investigation
Brando Papalia: Investigation
Kate Peacock: Investigation
Lauren Ritzman: Investigation
Aiden Ross: Investigation
Rishi Samineni: Investigation
Max Scales: Investigation
Lillian Schotz: Investigation
Wyatt Sikkema: Investigation
Trinity Slabaugh: Investigation
Autumn Sorenson: Investigation
Seyana Sutherland: Investigation
Raymond Swisher: Investigation
Daniel Valdes: Investigation
Faith Ward: Investigation
Paulina Wojdyla: Investigation

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Anonymous

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Anonymous

Database Reference ID: WBPaper00069512

History

Received: 3/5/2026
Revision Received: 4/6/2026
Accepted: 4/24/2026
Published Online: 4/26/2026

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