Epsilon-Fe₂O₃ is a novel intermediate for magnetite biosynthesis in magnetotactic bacteria.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Natural biological magnetite nanoparticles are widely distributed from microorganisms to humans. It is found to be very important in organisms, especially in navigation. Moreover, purified magnetite nanoparticles also have potential applications in bioengineering and biomedicine. Magnetotactic bacteria (MTB) is considered one of the most abundant species around the world which can form intracellular membrane enveloped magnetic nanoparticles, referred to as magnetosomes. To our knowledge, the biomineralization of magnetosome in MTB involves a serious of genes located on a large unstable genomic region named magnetosome island, which specially exists in MTB. The magnetite core of magnetosome formed via a Fe (III) ion intermediates, for instance, α-Fe₂O

SUBMITTER: Wen T 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC6679552 | biostudies-literature | 2019

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature