Electron microscopy images and morphometric data of SARS-CoV-2 variants in ultrathin plastic sections - Dataset 03 (SARS-CoV-2 Alpha B.1.1.7)

Dataset 03 comprises 147 transmission electron microscopy images of extracellular SARS-CoV-2 (isolate Alpha B.1.1.7) particles in ultrathin plastic sections (45 nm) through Vero cell cultures. The images were recorded with dimensions of 4112 x 3008 pixels at a pixel size of 0.1641 nm and stored in 16-bit TIF format. It is recommended that an image viewer capable of reading 16-bit images, such as IrfanView, be used to visualize the images. The image files have been size calibrated and can be opened with the correct size calibration using ImageJ or Fiji with the Bioformats importer. A PDF document is provided with the image files, which describes the methods used for the generation of the images. Additionally, an XLSX file is included, offering morphometric particle measurements and the calculated statistical values for their distribution. The dataset was produced as dataset 03 for a comparative morphometric analysis of evolving SARS-CoV-2 variants. Further datasets used for the analysis are available in this repository (see dataset description document).