| magnetospira thiophila, gen. nov. sp. nov., a new marine magnetotactic bacterium that represents a novel lineage within the rhodospirillaceae (alphaproteobacteria). | a marine, magnetotactic bacterium, designated strain mms-1, was isolated from mud and water from a salt marsh in woods hole, massachusetts, after enrichment in defined oxygen concentration/redox gradient medium. mms-1 is an obligate microaerophile capable of chemoorganoheterotrophic and chemolithoautotrophic growth. optimal growth occurred at ph 7.0 and between 24-26 °c. chemolithoautotrophic growth occurs with thiosulfate as the electron donor and autotrophic carbon fixation is via the calvi ... | 2011 | 22140150 |