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Syst Evol Microbiol 52:215–221
Sandy M, Butler A (2009) Microbial iron acquisition: marine and terrestrial siderophores. Chem
Rev 109:4580–4595
Scheffel A, Sch€ uler D (2007) The acidic repetitive domain of the magnetospirillum
gryphiswaldense mamj protein displays hypervariability but is not required for magnetosome
chain assembly. J Bacteriol 189:6437–6446
Scheffel A, Gruska M, Faivre D, Linaroudis A, Plitzko JM, Sch€ uler D (2006) An acidic protein
aligns magnetosomes along a filamentous structure in magnetotactic bacteria. Nature
440:110–115
Scheffel A, G€ ardes A, Gr€ unberg K, Wanner G, Sch€ uler D (2008) The major magnetosome proteins
MamGFDC are not essential for magnetite biomineralization in Magnetospirillum
gryphiswaldense, but regulate the size of magnetosome crystals. J Bacteriol 190:377–386
Schleifer K-H, Sch€ uler D, Spring S, Weizenegger M, Amann R, Ludwig W, K€ ohler M (1991) The
genus Magnetospirillum gen. nov., description of Magnetospirillum gryphiswaldense sp. nov.
and transfer of Aquaspirillum magnetotacticum to Magnetospirillum magnetotacticum comb.
nov. Syst Appl Microbiol 14:379–385
Schubbe S, Williams TJ, Xie G, Kiss HE, Brettin TS, Martinez D, Ross CA, Schuler D, Cox BL,
Nealson KH, Bazylinski DA (2009) Complete genome sequence of the chemolithoautotrophic
marine magnetotactic coccus strain MC-1. Appl Environ Microbiol 75:4835–4852
Sch€ ubbe S, Williams TJ, Xie G, Kiss HE, Brettin TS, Martinez D, Ross CA, Sch€ uler D, Cox BL,
Nealson KH, Bazylinski DA (2009) Complete genome sequence of the chemolithoautotrophic
marine magnetotactic coccus strain MC-1. Appl Environ Microbiol 75:4835–4852
Sch€ uler D (2008) Genetics and cell biology of magnetosome formation in magnetotactic bacteria.
FEMS Microbiol Rev 32:654–672
Sch€ uler D, Baeuerlein E (1996) Iron-limited growth and kinetics of iron uptake in
Magnetospirilum gryphiswaldense. Arch Microbiol 166:301–307
Sch€ uler D, Baeuerlein E (1998) Dynamics of iron uptake and Fe 3 O 4 biomineralization during
aerobic and microaerobic growth of Magnetospirillum gryphiswaldense. J Bacteriol
180:159–162
Schultheiss D, Sch€ uler D (2003) Development of a genetic system for Magnetospirillum
gryphiswaldense. Archives Microbiol 179:89–94
Sparks NHC, Courtaux L, Mann S, Board RG (1986) Magnetotactic bacteria are widely distributed
in sediments in the U.K. FEMS Microbiol Let 37:305–308
Spring S, Amann R, Ludwig W, Schleifer K-H, van Gemerden H, Petersen N (1993) Dominating
role of an unusual magnetotactic bacterium in the microaerobic zone of a freshwater sediment.
Appl Environ Microbiol 50:2397–2403
Staniland S, Ward B, Harrison A, van der Laan G, Telling N (2007) Rapid magnetosome formation
shown by real-time x-ray magnetic circular dichroism. Proc Natl Acad Sci USA
104:19524–19528
Staniland S, Williams W, Telling N, Van Der Laan G, Harrison A, Ward B (2008) Controlled
cobalt doping of magnetosomes in vivo. Nat Nano 3:158–162
Sun J-B, Duan J-H, Dai S-L, Ren J, Zhang Y-D, Tian J-S, Li Y (2007) In vitro and in vivo
antitumor effects of doxorubicin loaded with bacterial magnetosomes (DBMs) on H22 cells:
The magnetic bio-nanoparticles as drug carriers. Cancer Lett 258:109–117
Sun JB, Duan JH, Dai SL, Ren J, Guo L, Jiang W, Li Y (2008) Preparation and anti-tumor
efficiency evaluation of doxorubicin-loaded bacterial magnetosomes: magnetic nanoparticles
as drug carriers isolated from magnetospirillum gryphiswaldense. Biotechnol Bioeng
101:1313–1320
Suzuki T, Okamura Y, Calugay RJ, Takeyama H, Matsunaga T (2006) Global gene expression
analysis of iron-inducible genes in Magnetospirillum magneticum AMB-1. J Bacteriol
188:2275–2279
26
J. Baumgartner and D. Faivre