Hidden Talents: Silent Gene Clusters Encoding Magnetic Organelle Biosynthesis in a Non-Magnetotactic Phototrophic Bacterium
M. V. Dziuba, A. Paulus, L. Schramm, R. P. Awal, M. Posfai, C. Monteil, S. Fouteau, R. Uebe, D. Schueler
The paper identifies a horizontally transferred gene cluster in a non-magnetotactic bacterium that can encode magnetosome biosynthesis but is transcriptionally silenced.
bioRxiv · Apr 19, 2022 · PreprintMicrobiology