A morphological classification of bacteria containing bullet-shaped magnetic particles

Richard H. Thornhill; J. Grant Burgess; Toshifumi Sakaguchi; Tadashi Matsunaga

A morphological classification of bacteria containing bullet-shaped magnetic particles

Richard H. Thornhill, J. Grant Burgess, Toshifumi Sakaguchi, Tadashi Matsunaga^*

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Abstract

We have studied isolated magnetic bacteria using light and electron microscopy, and classified those which contain bullet-shaped magnetic particles into four distinct morphological types, designated BS-1 to BS-4. Two of the types, BS-1 and BS-2, are new, and have unusual arrangements of magnetic particles. The rod-shaped bacterium BS-1 has a dense network of several thousand magnetic particles, whereas BS-2, a coccus, contains magnetic particles arranged radially in bands.

Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	169-176
Number of pages	8
Journal	FEMS Microbiology Letters
Volume	115
Issue number	2-3
Publication status	Published - 1994 Jan 15
Externally published	Yes

Keywords

Bullet-shaped magnetic particle
Magnetic bacteria
Morphological classification

ASJC Scopus subject areas

Microbiology
Molecular Biology
Genetics

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