Evolution of the bacterial organelle responsible for magnetotaxis

• Published in: Trends in microbiology (Regular ed.) Vol. 21; no. 10; pp. 534 - 543
• Main Authors: Lefèvre, Christopher T, Wu, Long-Fei
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• 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

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...