Evolution of the bacterial organelle responsible for magnetotaxis

Highlights • Magnetosomes are prokaryotic organelles found in three phyla of Gram-negative bacteria. • About 10 genes are essential for the production of magnetosomes. • The formation of magnetite or greigite is controlled by genetic and environmental factors. • The gene clusters determining the for...

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Published inTrends in microbiology (Regular ed.) Vol. 21; no. 10; pp. 534 - 543
Main Authors Lefèvre, Christopher T, Wu, Long-Fei
Format Journal Article
LanguageEnglish
Published England Elsevier Ltd 01.10.2013
Subjects
bacteria
Bacterial Physiological Phenomena
biodiversity
biomineralization
Chemotaxis - physiology
evolution
Ferrosoferric Oxide - metabolism
Internal Medicine
Iron - metabolism
Magnetic Fields
magnetosome
Magnetosomes - metabolism
magnetotactic bacteria
multigene family
organelle
organelles
Proteobacteria - genetics
Proteobacteria - metabolism
sequence analysis
Sulfides - metabolism
magnetotactic bacteria
evolution
biomineralization
organelle
magnetosome
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Summary:Highlights • Magnetosomes are prokaryotic organelles found in three phyla of Gram-negative bacteria. • About 10 genes are essential for the production of magnetosomes. • The formation of magnetite or greigite is controlled by genetic and environmental factors. • The gene clusters determining the formation of magnetosomes are monophyletic.
Bibliography:http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.tim.2013.07.005
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ISSN:0966-842X
1878-4380
DOI:10.1016/j.tim.2013.07.005