Isolation, cultivation and genomic analysis of magnetosome biomineralization genes of a new genus of South-seeking magnetotactic cocci within the Alphaproteobacteria

Isolation, cultivation and genomic analysis of magnetosome biomineralization genes of a new genus of South-seeking magnetotactic cocci within the Alphaproteobacteria

Although magnetotactic bacteria (MTB) are ubiquitous in aquatic habitats, they are still considered fastidious microorganisms with regard to growth and cultivation with only a relatively low number of axenic cultures available to date. Here, we report the first axenic culture of an MTB isolated in t...

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Main Authors: Viviana eMorillo, Fernanda eAbreu, Ana Carolina Araujo, Luiz Gonzaga Paula de Almeida, Alex Enrich Prast, Marcos eFarina, Ana Tereza Ribeiro de Vasconcelos, Dennis A. Bazylinski, Ulysses eLins
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Frontiers Media S.A. 2014-02-01
Series:Frontiers in Microbiology
Subjects:
Magnetite
magnetosome
Magnetobacter itaipuensis strain IT-1
South-seeking magnetotactic bacteria
biomineralization genes
Magnetofaba australis strain IT-1
Online Access:http://journal.frontiersin.org/Journal/10.3389/fmicb.2014.00072/full

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