Isolation and Characterization of a Novel Magnetotactic Bacterium From Iran: Iron Uptake and Producing Magnetic Nanoparticles in Alphaproteobacterium MTB-KTN90.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Magnetotactic bacteria (MTB) have the ability to biomineralize unique intracellular magnetic nanosize particles. These bacteria and their magnetosomes are under special attraction because of their great useful potential in nano-biotechnological and biomedical applications. MTB are ubiquitous in aquatic environments, but their isolation and axenic cultivation in pure culture is very difficult and only a limited number of them have been isolated in pure culture.

Objectives

The main goal of this study was screening, isolation and cultivation of a new strain of these fastidious bacteria in pure culture from Iran to use them and their magnetosomes.

Materials and methods

Thirty samples were collected from various aquatic habitats. Most important physicochemical e

SUBMITTER: Tajer Mohammad Ghazvini P 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC4255385 | biostudies-literature | 2014 Sep

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature