Diversity and ecology of and biomineralization by magnetotactic bacteria

W Lin, Y Pan, DA Bazylinski - Environmental microbiology …, 2017 - Wiley Online Library
Magnetotactic bacteria (MTB) biomineralize intracellular, membrane‐bounded crystals of
magnetite (Fe3O4) and/or greigite (Fe3S4) called magnetosomes. MTB play important roles …

Biosensors and drug delivery in oncotheranostics using inorganic synthetic and biogenic magnetic nanoparticles

TM Zimina, NO Sitkov, KG Gareev, V Fedorov… - Biosensors, 2022 - mdpi.com
Magnetic nanocarriers have attracted attention in translational oncology due to their ability to
be employed both for tumor diagnostics and therapy. This review summarizes data on …

Genomic expansion of magnetotactic bacteria reveals an early common origin of magnetotaxis with lineage-specific evolution

W Lin, W Zhang, X Zhao, AP Roberts… - The ISME …, 2018 - academic.oup.com
The origin and evolution of magnetoreception, which in diverse prokaryotes and protozoa is
known as magnetotaxis and enables these microorganisms to detect Earth's magnetic field …

[PDF][PDF] Key gene networks that control magnetosome biomineralization in magnetotactic bacteria

P Liu, Y Zheng, R Zhang, J Bai, K Zhu… - National Science …, 2023 - academic.oup.com
Magnetotactic bacteria (MTB) are a group of phylogenetically and morphologically diverse
prokaryotes that have the capability of sensing Earth's magnetic field via nanocrystals of …

Magnetotaxis as an adaptation to enable bacterial shuttling of microbial sulfur and sulfur cycling across aquatic oxic‐anoxic interfaces

J Li, P Liu, J Wang, AP Roberts… - Journal of Geophysical …, 2020 - Wiley Online Library
Magnetotactic bacteria (MTB) widely inhabit the oxic‐anoxic interface (OAI) of sediments
and water columns, with their motility guided by geomagnetic fields (a behavior known as …

Unravelling the diversity of magnetotactic bacteria through analysis of open genomic databases

M Uzun, L Alekseeva, M Krutkina, V Koziaeva… - Scientific Data, 2020 - nature.com
Magnetotactic bacteria (MTB) are prokaryotes that possess genes for the synthesis of
membrane-bounded crystals of magnetite or greigite, called magnetosomes. Despite over …

On the origin of microbial magnetoreception

W Lin, JL Kirschvink, GA Paterson… - National Science …, 2020 - academic.oup.com
A broad range of organisms, from prokaryotes to higher animals, have the ability to sense
and utilize Earth's geomagnetic field—a behavior known as magnetoreception. Although our …

Bullet‐shaped magnetite biomineralization within a magnetotactic Deltaproteobacterium: implications for magnetofossil identification

J Li, N Menguy, AP Roberts, L Gu… - Journal of …, 2020 - Wiley Online Library
Magnetite produced by magnetotactic bacteria (MTB) provides stable paleomagnetic signals
because it occurs as natural single‐domain magnetic nanocrystals. MTB can also provide …

Diverse phylogeny and morphology of magnetite biomineralized by magnetotactic cocci

P Liu, Y Liu, X Zhao, AP Roberts… - Environmental …, 2021 - Wiley Online Library
Magnetotactic bacteria (MTB) are diverse prokaryotes that produce magnetic nanocrystals
within intracellular membranes (magnetosomes). Here, we present a large‐scale analysis of …

Magnetosomes: biogenic iron nanoparticles produced by environmental bacteria

A Dieudonné, D Pignol, S Prévéral - Applied microbiology and …, 2019 - Springer
The scientific community's interest in magnetotactic bacteria has increased substantially in
recent decades. These prokaryotes have the particularity of synthesizing nanomagnets …