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Moderately Thermophilic Magnetotactic Bacteria from Hot Springs in Nevada
Applied and Environmental Microbiology
  • Christopher T. Lefevre, University of Nevada - Las Vegas
  • Fernanda Abreu, Universidade Federal do Rio de Janeiro
  • Marian L. Schimdt, University of Nevada - Las Vegas
  • Ulysses Lins, Universidade Federal do Rio de Janeiro
  • Richard B. Frankel, California Polytechnic State University - San Luis Obispo
  • Brian P. Hedlund, University of Nevada - Las Vegas
  • Dennis A. Bazylinski, University of Nevada - Las Vegas
Publication Date
6-1-2010
Abstract

Populations of a moderately thermophilic magnetotactic bacterium were discovered in Great Boiling Springs, Nevada, ranging from 32 to 63°C. Cells were small, Gram-negative, vibrioid to helicoid in morphology, and biomineralized a chain of bullet-shaped magnetite magnetosomes. Phylogenetically, based on 16S rRNA gene sequencing, the organism belongs to the phylum Nitrospirae.

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Christopher T. Lefevre, Fernanda Abreu, Marian L. Schimdt, Ulysses Lins, et al.. "Moderately Thermophilic Magnetotactic Bacteria from Hot Springs in Nevada" Applied and Environmental Microbiology Vol. 76 Iss. 11 (2010) p. 3740 - 3743
Available at: http://works.bepress.com/rfrankel/141/