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Cell Adhesion, Multicellular Morphology, and Magnetosome Distribution in the Multicellular Magnetotactic Prokaryote Candidatus Magnetoglobus multicellularis

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  03 April 2013

Fernanda Abreu ,
Karen Tavares Silva ,
Pedro Leão ,
Iame Alves Guedes ,
Carolina Neumann Keim ,
Marcos Farina  and
Ulysses Lins
Fernanda Abreu
Affiliation:
Instituto de Microbiologia Paulo de Góes, Universidade Federal do Rio de Janeiro, 21941-902, Rio de Janeiro, RJ, Brazil
Karen Tavares Silva
Affiliation:
Instituto de Microbiologia Paulo de Góes, Universidade Federal do Rio de Janeiro, 21941-902, Rio de Janeiro, RJ, Brazil
Pedro Leão
Affiliation:
Instituto de Microbiologia Paulo de Góes, Universidade Federal do Rio de Janeiro, 21941-902, Rio de Janeiro, RJ, Brazil
Iame Alves Guedes
Affiliation:
Instituto de Microbiologia Paulo de Góes, Universidade Federal do Rio de Janeiro, 21941-902, Rio de Janeiro, RJ, Brazil
Carolina Neumann Keim
Affiliation:
Instituto de Microbiologia Paulo de Góes, Universidade Federal do Rio de Janeiro, 21941-902, Rio de Janeiro, RJ, Brazil
Marcos Farina
Affiliation:
Instituto de Ciências Biomédicas, Universidade Federal do Rio de Janeiro, 21941-902, Rio de Janeiro, RJ, Brazil
Ulysses Lins*
Affiliation:
Instituto de Microbiologia Paulo de Góes, Universidade Federal do Rio de Janeiro, 21941-902, Rio de Janeiro, RJ, Brazil
*
*Corresponding author. E-mail: ulins@micro.ufrj.br
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Abstract

Candidatus Magnetoglobus multicellularis is an uncultured magnetotactic multicellular prokaryote composed of 17-40 Gram-negative cells that are capable of synthesizing organelles known as magnetosomes. The magnetosomes of Ca. M. multicellularis are composed of greigite and are organized in chains that are responsible for the microorganism's orientation along magnetic field lines. The characteristics of the microorganism, including its multicellular life cycle, magnetic field orientation, and swimming behavior, and the lack of viability of individual cells detached from the whole assembly, are considered strong evidence for the existence of a unique multicellular life cycle among prokaryotes. It has been proposed that the position of each cell within the aggregate is fundamental for the maintenance of its distinctive morphology and magnetic field orientation. However, the cellular organization of the whole organism has never been studied in detail. Here, we investigated the magnetosome organization within a cell, its distribution within the microorganism, and the intercellular relationships that might be responsible for maintaining the cells in the proper position within the microorganism, which is essential for determining the magnetic properties of Ca. M. multicellularis during its life cycle. The results indicate that cellular interactions are essential for the determination of individual cell shape and the magnetic properties of the organism and are likely directly associated with the morphological changes that occur during the multicellular life cycle of this species.

Keywords

cell adhesionmulticelullaritymagnetosomemagnetotactic multicellular prokaryoteCandidatus Magnetoglobus multicellularis
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Biological Applications
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Microscopy and Microanalysis , Volume 19 , Issue 3 , June 2013 , pp. 535 - 543
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Copyright © Microscopy Society of America 2013 

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