Journal article
Magnetosome magnetite biomineralization in a flagellated protist: evidence for an early evolutionary origin for magnetoreception in eukaryotes
Abstract
The most well-recognized magnetoreception behaviour is that of the magnetotactic bacteria (MTB), which synthesize membrane-bounded magnetic nanocrystals called magnetosomes via a biologically controlled process. The magnetic minerals identified in prokaryotic magnetosomes are magnetite (Fe3 O4 ) and greigite (Fe3 S4 ). Magnetosome crystals, regardless of composition, have consistent, species-specific morphologies and single-domain size range. …
Authors
Leão P; Le Nagard L; Yuan H; Cypriano J; Da Silva‐Neto I; Bazylinski DA; Acosta‐Avalos D; de Barros HL; Hitchcock AP; Lins U
Journal
Environmental Microbiology, Vol. 22, No. 4, pp. 1495–1506
Publisher
Wiley
Publication Date
April 2020
DOI
10.1111/1462-2920.14711
ISSN
1462-2912