Desulfovibrio magneticus

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Desulfovibrio magneticus
Scientific classification
Domain: Bacteria
Phylum: Proteobacteria
Class: Delta Proteobacteria
Order: Desulfovibrionales
Family: Desulfovibrionaceae
Genus: Desulfovibrio
Species: D. magneticus
Binomial name
Desulfovibrio magneticus
Sakaguchi et al. 2002

Desulfovibrio magneticus is a bacteria. It is sulfate-reducing and is notable for producing intracellular single-domain-sized magnetite particles, making it magnetotactic. Its type strain is RS-1T (=ATCC 700980T =DSM 13731T).[1]

References

Further reading

  • Staley, James T., et al. "Bergey’s manual of systematic bacteriology, vol. 3."Williams and Wilkins, Baltimore, MD (1989): 2250-2251.
  • Bélaich, Jean-Pierre, Mireille Bruschi, and Jean-Louis Garcia, eds. Microbiology and biochemistry of strict Anaerobes Involoved in interspecies hydrogen transfer. No. 54. Springer, 1990.
  • Byrne, M. E.; Ball, D. A.; Guerquin-Kern, J.-L.; Rouiller, I.; Wu, T.-D.; Downing, K. H.; Vali, H.; Komeili, A. (2010). "Desulfovibrio magneticus RS-1 contains an iron- and phosphorus-rich organelle distinct from its bullet-shaped magnetosomes". Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences 107 (27): 12263–12268. doi:10.1073/pnas.1001290107. ISSN 0027-8424. 
  • Arakaki, Atsushi; Takeyama, Haruko; Tanaka, Tsuyoshi; Matsunaga, Tadashi (2002). "Cadmium Recovery by a Sulfate-Reducing Magnetotactic Bacterium, Desulfovibrio magneticus RS-1, Using Magnetic Separation". Applied Biochemistry and Biotechnology. 98-100 (1-9): 833–840. doi:10.1385/ABAB:98-100:1-9:833. ISSN 0273-2289. 
  • Pósfai, Mihály; Moskowitz, Bruce M.; Arató, Balázs; Schüler, Dirk; Flies, Christine; Bazylinski, Dennis A.; Frankel, Richard B. (2006). "Properties of intracellular magnetite crystals produced by Desulfovibrio magneticus strain RS-1". Earth and Planetary Science Letters 249 (3-4): 444–455. doi:10.1016/j.epsl.2006.06.036. ISSN 0012-821X. 
  • Schuler, Dirk, ed. Magnetoreception and magnetosomes in bacteria. Vol. 3. Springer, 2007.

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