Tethered Magnets Are the Key to Magnetotaxis: Direct Observations of <italic toggle="yes">Magnetospirillum magneticum</italic> AMB-1 Show that MamK Distributes Magnetosome Organelles Equally to Daughter Cells

Tethered Magnets Are the Key to Magnetotaxis: Direct Observations of <italic toggle="yes">Magnetospirillum magneticum</italic> AMB-1 Show that MamK Distributes Magnetosome Organelles Equally to Daughter Cells

ABSTRACT Magnetotactic bacteria are a unique group of bacteria that synthesize a magnetic organelle termed the magnetosome, which they use to assist with their magnetic navigation in a specific type of bacterial motility called magneto-aerotaxis. Cytoskeletal filaments consisting of the actin-like p...

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Main Authors: Azuma Taoka, Ayako Kiyokawa, Chika Uesugi, Yousuke Kikuchi, Zachery Oestreicher, Kaori Morii, Yukako Eguchi, Yoshihiro Fukumori
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: American Society for Microbiology 2017-09-01
Series:mBio
Subjects:
actin-like protein
bacterial organelle
cytoskeleton
live-cell imaging
magneto-reception
magnetosome
Online Access:https://journals.asm.org/doi/10.1128/mBio.00679-17

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