Moderately thermophilic magnetotactic bacteria from hot springs in Nevada USA

Authors

Christopher T. Lefevre, University of Nevada, Las VegasFollow
Fernanda Abreu, Universidade Federal do Rio de JaneiroFollow
Marian L. Schmidt, University of Nevada, Las VegasFollow
Ulysses Lins, Universidade Federal do Rio de JaneiroFollow
Richard B. Frankel, California Polytechnic State University, San Luis Obispo
Brian P. Hedlund, University of Nevada, Las VegasFollow
Dennis A. Bazylinski, University of Nevada, Las VegasFollow

Document Type

Article

Publication Date

4-2010

Publication Title

Applied and Environmental Microbiology

Volume

76

Issue

11

First page number:

3740

Last page number:

3743

Abstract

Populations of a moderately thermophilic magnetotactic bacterium were discovered in Great Boiling Springs, Nevada, ranging from 32 to 63 degrees C. Cells were small, Gram-negative, vibrioid to helicoid in morphology, and biomineralized a chain of bullet-shaped magnetite magnetosomes. Phylogenetically, based on 16S rRNA gene sequencing, the organism belongs to the phylum Nitrospirae.

Keywords

Hot springs; Magnetotactic bacteria; Nevada – Great Boiling Spring; Thermophilic bacteria

Disciplines

Bacteriology | Environmental Microbiology and Microbial Ecology | Life Sciences | Microbiology

Language

English

Repository Citation

Lefevre, C. T., Abreu, F., Schmidt, M. L., Lins, U., Frankel, R. B., Hedlund, B. P., Bazylinski, D. A. (2010). Moderately thermophilic magnetotactic bacteria from hot springs in Nevada USA. Applied and Environmental Microbiology, 76(11), 3740-3743.
http://dx.doi.org/10.1128/​AEM.03018-09