Magnetospirillum

Magnetospirillum
Scientific classification
Domain:	Bacteria
Phylum:	Pseudomonadota
Class:	Alphaproteobacteria
Order:	Rhodospirillales
Family:	Rhodospirillaceae
Genus:	Magnetospirillum
Species
	"M. magnetotacticum"; M. gryphiswaldense; M. magneticum; M. bellicus; M. caucaseum; M. marisnigri; M. moscoviense; M. sp. MSM (7 strains); M. sp. MGT-1;
Synonyms
	Phaeospirillum Imhoff et al. 1998;

Magnetospirillum is a Gram-negative, microaerophilic genus of magnetotactic bacteria, first isolated from pond water by the microbiologist R. P. Blakemore in 1975.^[2]^[3] They have a spiral (helical) shape and are propelled by a polar flagellum at each end of their cells. The three main species identified are M. magnetotacticum strain MS-1, M. griphiswaldense strain MSR-1, and M. magneticum strain AMB-1.^[4]

^ Euzéby JP, Parte AC. "Phaeospirillum". List of Prokaryotic names with Standing in Nomenclature (LPSN). Retrieved August 18, 2021.
^ *Blakemore, Richard (1975). "Magnetotactic bacteria". Science. 190 (4212): 377–379. Bibcode:1975Sci...190..377B. doi:10.1126/science.170679. PMID 170679. S2CID 5139699.
^ Maratea, D.; Blakemore, R. P. (1981). "Aquaspirillum magnetotacticum sp. nov., a Magnetic Spirillum". International Journal of Systematic Bacteriology. 31 (4): 452–455. doi:10.1099/00207713-31-4-452.
^ "Encyclopedia of Microbiology". ScienceDirect. Retrieved 2023-11-08.

[LPSN-1] Euzéby JP, Parte AC. "Phaeospirillum". List of Prokaryotic names with Standing in Nomenclature (LPSN). Retrieved August 18, 2021.

[2] *Blakemore, Richard (1975). "Magnetotactic bacteria". Science. 190 (4212): 377–379. Bibcode:1975Sci...190..377B. doi:10.1126/science.170679. PMID 170679. S2CID 5139699.

[JGI-3] Maratea, D.; Blakemore, R. P. (1981). "Aquaspirillum magnetotacticum sp. nov., a Magnetic Spirillum". International Journal of Systematic Bacteriology. 31 (4): 452–455. doi:10.1099/00207713-31-4-452.

[:1-4] "Encyclopedia of Microbiology". ScienceDirect. Retrieved 2023-11-08.

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