Biology:Magnetococcus marinus

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Short description: Species of bacterium

Magnetococcus marinus
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M. marinus
Binomial name
Magnetococcus marinus
Bazylinski et al. 2013[1]

Magnetococcus marinus is a species of Alphaproteobacteria that has the peculiar ability to form a structure called a magnetosome, a membrane-encased, single-magnetic-domain mineral crystal formed by biomineralisation, which allows the cells to orient along the Earth’s geomagnetic field.[1] The Magnetococcus marinus grows chemolithoautotrophically with thiosulfate and chemoorganoheterotrophically on acetate.[2]

It is a basal group in the Alphaproteobacteria.

References

  1. 1.0 1.1 Bazylinski, D. A.; Williams, T. J.; Lefevre, C. T.; Berg, R. J.; Zhang, C. L.; Bowser, S. S.; Dean, A. J.; Beveridge, T. J. (2012). "Magnetococcus marinus gen. nov., sp. nov., a marine, magnetotactic bacterium that represents a novel lineage (Magnetococcaceae fam. nov., Magnetococcales ord. nov.) at the base of the Alphaproteobacteria". International Journal of Systematic and Evolutionary Microbiology 63 (Pt 3): 801–8. doi:10.1099/ijs.0.038927-0. PMID 22581902. 
  2. Wang, Dong-Sheng; Erihemu; Yang, Bin (2019). "Diversity of bacterial communities in the rhizosphere of the endangered plant, Paeonia jishanensis". Archives of Biological Sciences 71 (3): 525–531. doi:10.2298/abs190203036w. http://www.doiserbia.nb.rs/Article.aspx?ID=0354-46641900036W. 

External links

Wikidata ☰ Q20721327 entry