Controlled biomineralization of magnetite (Fe3O4) by Magnetospirillum gryphiswaldense
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The Disruption of an OxyR-Like Protein Impairs Intracellular Magnetite Biomineralization in Magnetospirillum gryphiswaldense MSR-1
Magnetotactic bacteria synthesize intracellular membrane-enveloped magnetite bodies known as magnetosomes which have been applied in biotechnology and medicine. A series of proteins involved in ferric ion transport and redox required for magnetite formation have been identified but the knowledge of magnetosome biomineralization remains very limited. Here, we identify a novel OxyR homolog (named...
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عنوان ژورنال: Mineralogical Magazine
سال: 2008
ISSN: 0026-461X,1471-8022
DOI: 10.1180/minmag.2008.072.1.333