On the backward excursions in the free-swimming magnetotactic multicellular prokaryote 'Candidatus Magnetoglobus multicellularis'.

ABSTRACT: Magnetotactic bacteria align to magnetic field lines while swimming in a behavior known as magnetotaxis. They are diverse phylogenetically and morphologically and include both unicellular and multicellular morphologies. The magnetotactic multicellular prokaryote (MMP) 'Candidatus Magnetoglobus multicellularis' has been extensively studied, even though it remains uncultured up to now. It swims back and forth along magnetic field lines, exhibiting a preferential swimming direction that is usually south-seeking, as described for most magnetotactic microorganisms from the Southern Hemisphere. In order to understand the effects of the magnetic field intensity on the backward excursions of 'Ca. M. multicellularis', we applied magnetic fields ranging from 0.09 to 3.4 mT and recorded their movemen

SUBMITTER: Keim CN 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC11885721 | biostudies-literature | 2025 Mar

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature