Marina V. Dziuba

TL;DR: The results of DNA-DNA hybridization and physiological tests allowed genotypic and phenotypic differentiation of the strains from each other as well as from the two species of Magnetospirillum with validly published names.

TL;DR: Comparisons of the genome sequence of UR-1 revealed a potential ability for a chemolithoautotrophic lifestyle, with the oxidation of a reduced sulfur compound and carbon assimilation by rTCA and a nearly complete magnetosome genome island, containing a set of mam and mms genes, was identified.

TL;DR: Diversity of magnetotactic bacteria in the Moskva River at the Strogino area was studied using microscopy and phylogenetic analysis and the isolate was identified as a new Magnetospirillum species.

TL;DR: In this article, the authors proposed a combinatory genome reduction approach for the magnetospirillum gryphiswaldense and generated a library of strains in which up to 16 regions including large gene clusters, mobile genetic elements and phage-related genes were sequentially removed, equivalent to 227.6kb and nearly 5.5% of the genome.

TL;DR: This work studied the transfer of magnetosome gene operons into several non-magnetotactic environmental magnetospirilla and provides insights into possible evolutionary scenarios and potential limitations for the dissemination of magnetotaxis by horizontal gene transfer and expands the range of foreign recipients that can be genetically magnetized.