Aquaspirillum magnetotacticum sp. nov., a Magnetic Spirillum
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- 1 October 1981
- journal article
- research article
- Published by Microbiology Society in International Journal of Systematic and Evolutionary Microbiology
- Vol. 31 (4) , 452-455
- https://doi.org/10.1099/00207713-31-4-452
Abstract
We studied the taxonomically relevant characteristics of a microaerophilic, chemoheterotrophic, magnetotactic, freshwater spirillum. Our results indicated that this organism represents a new bacterial species, which is most appropriately placed in the genus Aquaspirillum despite its microaerophilic nature and its lack of detectable catalase and oxidase activities. The name proposed for this new species is Aquaspirillum magnetotacticum, which reflects the remarkable magnetic responsiveness of this organism. The type strain is MS-1 (= ATCC 31632).This publication has 4 references indexed in Scilit:
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