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ArticleThe ISME journal2018

Genomic expansion of magnetotactic bacteria reveals an early common origin of magnetotaxis with lineage-specific evolution.

Wei Lin, Wensi Zhang, Xiang Zhao, Andrew P Roberts, Greig A Paterson, Dennis A Bazylinski, Yongxin Pan

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Article in The ISME journal, 2018. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 48 papers.

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48 citing papers in PubMed, 137 citations in OpenAlex.

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5 · Who and what money

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7 authors at 4 institutions in 4 countries.

Wei LinKey Laboratory of Earth and Planetary Physics, Institute of Geology and Geophysics, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, 100029, China. weilin0408@gmail.com.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0003-4075-7414
Wensi ZhangKey Laboratory of Earth and Planetary Physics, Institute of Geology and Geophysics, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, 100029, China.
Xiang ZhaoResearch School of Earth Sciences, Australian National University, Canberra, ACT, 2601, Australia.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0002-1168-3439
Andrew P RobertsResearch School of Earth Sciences, Australian National University, Canberra, ACT, 2601, Australia.
Greig A PatersonKey Laboratory of Earth and Planetary Physics, Institute of Geology and Geophysics, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, 100029, China.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0002-6864-7420
Dennis A BazylinskiSchool of Life Sciences, University of Nevada at Las Vegas, Las Vegas, NV, 89154-4004, USA.
Yongxin PanKey Laboratory of Earth and Planetary Physics, Institute of Geology and Geophysics, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, 100029, China. yxpan@mail.iggcas.ac.cn.
Chinese Academy of Sciences · CNAustralian National University · AUUniversity of Liverpool · GBUniversity of Nevada, Las Vegas · US

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

The origin and evolution of magnetoreception, which in diverse prokaryotes and protozoa is known as magnetotaxis and enables these microorganisms to detect Earth's magnetic field for orientation and navigation, is not well understood in evolutionary biology. The only known prokaryotes capable of sensing the geomagnetic field are magnetotactic bacteria (MTB), motile microorganisms that biomineralize intracellular, membrane-bounded magnetic single-domain crystals of either magnetite (Fe

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MetagenomicsPhylogenyBacteriaFerrosoferric OxideGenome, BacterialIronLikelihood FunctionsMagneticsMagnetosomesMetagenomeMultigene FamilyProteobacteriaSulfidesFerrosoferric OxidegreigiteIronSulfides

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PMID29581530
PMCPMC5955933
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