Article
How Magnetotactic Bacteria Make Magnetosomes Queue Up
Trends in Microbiology
Publication Date
8-1-2006
Abstract
Magnetotactic bacteria contain chains of magnetosomes that comprise a permanent magnetic dipole in each cell. In two separate, recent papers, Scheffel et al. and Komeili et al. describe the roles of the proteins MamJ and MamK in magnetosome chain formation. Here, we describe the two studies and highlight questions that must be addressed in future investigations of how magnetotactic bacteria construct their magnetic compass needles.
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Copyright
2006 Elsevier.
Citation Information
Richard B. Frankel and Dennis A. Bazylinski. "How Magnetotactic Bacteria Make Magnetosomes Queue Up" Trends in Microbiology Vol. 14 Iss. 8 (2006) p. 329 - 331 Available at: http://works.bepress.com/rfrankel/58/