Magnetococcus marinus
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 crystal formed by biomineralisation, which allows the cells to orient along the Earth’s geomagnetic field.[1]
| Magnetococcus marinus | |
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| Subclass: | Magnetococcidae |
| Order: | Magnetococcales |
| Family: | Magnetococcaceae |
| Genus: | Magnetococcus |
It is a basal group in the Alphaproteobacteria.
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| The cladogram of Rickettsidae has been inferred by Ferla et al. [2] from the comparison of 16S + 23S ribosomal RNA sequences. |
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 (Pt 3): 801–8. doi:10.1099/ijs.0.038927-0. PMID 22581902.
- Ferla MP, Thrash JC, Giovannoni SJ, Patrick WM (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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