Synchrotron?Based Nano?X?Ray Absorption Near?Edge Structure Revealing Intracellular Heterogeneity of Iron Species in Magnetotactic Bacteria

Mossbauer Spectroscopy of Iron Biomineralization Products in Magnetotactic Bacteria

Mcissbauer spectroscopy is a nuclear i-rav resonance technique that has been extensively tv!i 'iill' s,,'stems. applied to the study of the electronic properties of iron in biological '. The power of the technique lies in its sensitivity to the effects of the physical environment (nature ]18 lw and disposition of ligands, magnetic structure, etc.) on 57Fe nuclei. Moreover, it is sensitive ' onl...

Biologically Controlled Mineralization of Magnetic Iron Minerals by Magnetotactic Bacteria

The biomineralization of several magnetic iron minerals, including the iron oxide magnetite (Fe30 4 ; Fe 2I Fe/+04 ) and the iron sulfides greigite (Fe3S4 ) and pyrrhotite (Fe7SS)' can be mediated by bacteria as well as by other organisms. These minerals are known to be synthesized by procaryotes in one of two fundamentally different modes of biomineralization. The first is uncontrolled mineral...

Magnetotactic bacteria and magnetosomes.

Magnetite in freshwater magnetotactic bacteria.

A previously undescribed magnetotactic spirillum isolated from a freshwater swamp was mass cultured in the magnetic as well as the nonmagnetic state in chemically defined culture media. Results of Mossbauer spectroscopic analysis applied to whole cells identifies magnetite as a constituent of these magnetic bacteria.

uncultured magnetotactic bacteria

Magnetotactic bacteria produce magnetic crystals in organelles called magnetosomes. The bacterial cells may also have phosphorus-containing granules, sulfur globules, or polyhydroxyalkanoate inclusions. In the present study, the ultrastructure and elemental composition of intracellular inclusions from uncultured magnetotactic bacteria collected in a marine environment are described. Magnetosome...