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Abstract
Iron uptake and magnetite (Fe3O4) crystal formation could be studied in the microaerophilic magnetic bacterium Magnetospirillum gryphiswaldense by using a radioactive tracer method for iron transport and a differential light-scattering technique for magnetism. Magnetite formation occurred only in a narrow range of low oxygen concentration, i.e., 2 to 7 microM O2 at 30 degrees C. Magnetic cells stored up to 2% iron as magnetite crystals in intracytoplasmic vesicles. This extraordinary uptake of iron was coupled tightly to the biomineralization of up to 60 magnetite crystals with diameters of 42 to 45 nm.Entities:
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Year: 1998 PMID: 9422606 PMCID: PMC106862
Source DB: PubMed Journal: J Bacteriol ISSN: 0021-9193 Impact factor: 3.490