Magnetotactic bacteria accumulate a large pool of iron distinct from their magnetite crystals
M. Amor, A. Ceballos, J. Wan, C. P. Simon, A. T. Aron, C. Chang, F. Hellman, A. Komeili
This study quantifies iron pools in Magnetospirillum magneticum AMB-1, showing that magnetite contains at most 30% of total intracellular iron, with a large pool of unmineralized iron detected in the cytoplasm and magnetosomes.
Applied and Environmental Microbiology · Oct 28, 2020Peer-reviewedMicrobiology