Abstract

Magnetospirillum gryphiswaldense is amongst the best studied representatives of magnetotactic bacteria. These microbes use the Earth’s magnetic field for navigation thanks to unique organelles, the magnetosomes, which are membrane-enveloped, iron-rich magnetic particles. Because it can be grown in the laboratory relatively easily and is genetically tractable, M. gryphiswaldense has been the subject of many studies on magnetotaxis, organelle biosynthesis, and biomineralization in prokaryotes and has been used for environmental and biomedical applications.

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