During the peer-review process the editor and reviewers write an eLife assessment that summarises the significance of the findings reported in the article (on a scale ranging from landmark to useful) ...

Mycobacterial cultures (5 mL, OD 600 = 1.0) were pelleted and resuspended in 800 μL Trizol. Cells were disrupted by bead beating. The supernatant was then extracted with chloroform:isoamyl alcohol (24 ...