Desulfovibrio magneticus

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 bacterium. 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]

D. magneticus is particularly noted for its' anisotropic, bullet-shaped magnetosomes, unusual amongst magnetotactic bacteria.[2]

References

  1. Sakaguchi T, Arakaki A, Matsunaga T (January 2002). "Desulfovibrio magneticus sp. nov., a novel sulfate-reducing bacterium that produces intracellular single-domain-sized magnetite particles". International Journal of Systematic and Evolutionary Microbiology. 52 (Pt 1): 215–21. PMID 11837306. Retrieved 2013-08-22.
  2. Mann, S.; Sparks, N. H. C.; Blakemore, R. P. (1987-01-01). "Structure, Morphology and Crystal Growth of Anisotropic Magnetite Crystals in Magnetotactic Bacteria". Proceedings of the Royal Society of London. Series B, Biological Sciences. 231 (1265): 477–487.

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