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Table 11.2
Cell and magnetosome dimensions for some selected magnetic bacteria.
Bacterial family
Strain
Cell length (
μ
m)
Magnetosomes
Arrangement in cell
Reference(s)
Size (nm)
Shape
Mineral
a
Chain motif
No. of particles/chain
α
- Proteobacteria
Magnetospirillum
magnetotacticum
MS - 1
3 - 5
∼
40
Cubo - octahedral
M
Linear
∼
22
[56, 57, 62]
Magnetospirillum
magneticum
AMB - 1
3 - 5
∼
52
Cubo - octahedral
M
Linear
∼
20
[62, 63]
Magnetospirillum
gryphiswaldense
MSR - 1
3 - 6
Cubo - octahedral
M
Linear
25 - 40
[62, 64 ]
∼
45
Magnetococcus
spp.
MC - 1
1 - 2
70 - 100
Elongated
M
Linear
5 - 14
[10, 65]
Magnetic
Vibrio
MV - 1
2
∼ 60
Truncated
hexaoctahedral
M
Linear
∼ 15
[57]
Desulfovibrio magneticus
RS - 1
3 - 5
Irregular/bullet
M
Irregular linear
1 - 18.
[59]
δ
- Proteobacteria
∼
35
γ
- Proteobacteria
Uncultured rods
3 - 4
∼
60
Variable
G
Irregular
57
[66]
Double chains
Nitrospira
phylum
Magnetobacterium
bavaricum
9
110 - 150
Irregular
M
3 - 5 rope -
shaped bundles
Up to 200
[42, 67]
Unknown
Uncultured rods
∼
3
∼
65
Irregular/bullet
M/G
Irregular
20 - 40
[40]
