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Anaerobic Production of Single-Domain Magnetite by the Marine, Magnetotactic Bacterium, Strain MV-1

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Iron Biominerals

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Bacteria whose direction of motility is influenced by the earth’s and applied magnetic fields are collectively referred to as the magnetotactic bacteria (Blakemore, 1975). These microorganisms represent a morphologically diverse group of bacteria that are ubiquitous in aquatic habitats and are apparently worldwide in distribution (Blakemore, 1982; Blakemore et al., 1989). Despite their ubiquity, the magnetotactic bacteria have proven notoriously difficult to isolate and grow in axenic culture (Moench and Konetzka, 1978; Blakemore, 1982). Since the report of their discovery in 1975 (Blakemore, 1975), only one species has been isolated and studied in any detail, Aquaspirillum magnetotacticum (Maratea and Blakemore, 1981). Recently, however, a second isolate has been obtained and designated strain MV-1 (Bazylinski et al., 1988). This organism, unlike A. magnetotacticum, is marine in origin and produces intracellular magnetite (Fe3O4) under strict anaerobic conditions (Bazylinski et al., 1988) and is the subject of this paper. A third species has apparently been isolated by Matsunaga and coworkers (T. Matsunaga, personal communication) but has only been described as a microaerophilic spirillum.

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Bazylinski, D.A. (1991). Anaerobic Production of Single-Domain Magnetite by the Marine, Magnetotactic Bacterium, Strain MV-1. In: Frankel, R.B., Blakemore, R.P. (eds) Iron Biominerals. Springer, Boston, MA. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4615-3810-3_5

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