Magnetococcus marinus
| Magnetococcus marinus | |
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| Scientific classification | |
| Domain: | Bacteria |
| Phylum: | Proteobacteria |
| Class: | Alphaproteobacteria |
| Subclass: | Magnetococcidae |
| Order: | Magnetococcales |
| Family: | Magnetococcaceae |
| Genus: | Magnetococcus |
Magnetococcus marinus is a species of Alphaproteobacteria that has the peculiar ability to form a structure called a magnetosome, a membrane encased single-magnetic-domain mineral crystals formed by biomineralisation, which allows the cells to orientate along the Earth’s geomagnetic field.[1]
It is a basal group in the Alphaproteobacteria.
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| Robust 16S + 23S phylogeny of Rickettsidae from Ferla et al. (2013)[2] |
References
- ↑ Bazylinski, D. A.; Williams, T. J.; Lefevre, C. T.; Berg, R. J.; Zhang, C. L.; Bowser, S. S.; Dean, A. J.; Beveridge, T. J. (2012). "Magnetococcus marinus gen. nov., sp. nov., a marine, magnetotactic bacterium that represents a novel lineage (Magnetococcaceae fam. Nov., Magnetococcales ord. Nov.) at the base of the Alphaproteobacteria". International Journal of Systematic and Evolutionary Microbiology. 63: 801. doi:10.1099/ijs.0.038927-0.
- ↑ Ferla, M. P.; Thrash, J. C.; Giovannoni, S. J.; Patrick, W. M. (2013). "New rRNA gene-based phylogenies of the Alphaproteobacteria provide perspective on major groups, mitochondrial ancestry and phylogenetic instability". PLoS ONE. 8 (12): e83383. doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0083383. PMC 3859672
. PMID 24349502.
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