Magnetococcus marinus
Species of bacterium
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Magnetococcus marinus is a species of Alphaproteobacteria that has the peculiar ability to form a structure called a magnetosome, a membrane-encased, single-magnetic-domain mineral crystal formed by biomineralisation, which allows the cells to orient along the Earth’s geomagnetic field.[1] The Magnetococcus marinus grows chemolithoautotrophically with thiosulfate and chemoorganoheterotrophically on acetate.[2]
| Magnetococcus marinus | |
|---|---|
Scientific classification  | |
| Domain: | Bacteria |
| Kingdom: | Pseudomonadati |
| Phylum: | Pseudomonadota |
| Class: | Magnetococcia |
| Order: | Magnetococcales |
| Family: | Magnetococcaceae |
| Genus: | Magnetococcus |
| Species: | M. marinus |
| Binomial name | |
| Magnetococcus marinus Bazylinski et al. 2013[1] | |
It is a basal group in the Alphaproteobacteria.