Magnetosome biogenesis in magnetotactic bacteria

R Uebe, D Schüler - Nature Reviews Microbiology, 2016 - nature.com
Magnetotactic bacteria derive their magnetic orientation from magnetosomes, which are
unique organelles that contain nanometre-sized crystals of magnetic iron minerals. Although …

Biological engineered living materials: growing functional materials with genetically programmable properties

C Gilbert, T Ellis - ACS synthetic biology, 2018 - ACS Publications
Natural biological materials exhibit remarkable properties: self-assembly from simple raw
materials, precise control of morphology, diverse physical and chemical properties, self …

[HTML][HTML] Towards standardized purification of bacterial magnetic nanoparticles for future in vivo applications

S Rosenfeldt, F Mickoleit, C Jörke, JH Clement… - Acta Biomaterialia, 2021 - Elsevier
Bacterial magnetosomes (MS) are well-defined membrane-enveloped single-domain iron
oxide (magnetite) nanoparticles, which are susceptible to genetic and chemical engineering …

MamY is a membrane-bound protein that aligns magnetosomes and the motility axis of helical magnetotactic bacteria

M Toro-Nahuelpan, G Giacomelli, O Raschdorf… - Nature …, 2019 - nature.com
To navigate within the geomagnetic field, magnetotactic bacteria synthesize magnetosomes,
which are unique organelles consisting of membrane-enveloped magnetite nanocrystals. In …

Status quo of tet regulation in bacteria

R Bertram, B Neumann, CF Schuster - Microbial Biotechnology, 2022 - Wiley Online Library
The tetracycline repressor (TetR) belongs to the most popular, versatile and efficient
transcriptional regulators used in bacterial genetics. In the tetracycline (Tc) resistance …

Silent gene clusters encode magnetic organelle biosynthesis in a non-magnetotactic phototrophic bacterium

MV Dziuba, A Paulus, L Schramm, RP Awal… - The ISME …, 2023 - academic.oup.com
Horizontal gene transfer is a powerful source of innovations in prokaryotes that can affect
almost any cellular system, including microbial organelles. The formation of magnetosomes …

A versatile toolkit for controllable and highly selective multifunctionalization of bacterial magnetic nanoparticles

F Mickoleit, C Lanzloth, D Schüler - Small, 2020 - Wiley Online Library
Their unique material characteristics, ie high crystallinity, strong magnetization, uniform
shape and size, and the ability to engineer the enveloping membrane in vivo make bacterial …

A magnetosome-based platform for flow biocatalysis

E Mittmann, F Mickoleit, DS Maier… - … applied materials & …, 2022 - ACS Publications
Biocatalysis in flow reactor systems is of increasing importance for the transformation of the
chemical industry. However, the necessary immobilization of biocatalysts remains a …

Overproduction of magnetosomes by genomic amplification of biosynthesis-related gene clusters in a magnetotactic bacterium

A Lohße, I Kolinko, O Raschdorf, R Uebe… - Applied and …, 2016 - Am Soc Microbiol
Magnetotactic bacteria biosynthesize specific organelles, the magnetosomes, which are
membrane-enclosed crystals of a magnetic iron mineral that are aligned in a linear chain …

Genetic Tuning of Iron Oxide Nanoparticle Size, Shape, and Surface Properties in Magnetospirillum magneticum

M Furubayashi, AK Wallace… - Advanced Functional …, 2021 - Wiley Online Library
Different applications require iron oxide nanoparticles (IONPs) of varying size, shape,
crystallinity, and surfaces that can be controlled through the synthesis reaction conditions …