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Collection, Isolation and Enrichment of Naturally Occurring Magnetotactic Bacteria from the Environment
Published on: November 15, 2012
Las bacterias magnetotácticas en el ecuador geomagnético.
Science (New York, N.Y.)
|June 12, 1981
Resumen
Las bacterias magnetotácticas, tanto las que buscan el sur como las que buscan el norte, se encontraron por igual en los sedimentos brasileños cerca del ecuador geomagnético. Esto apoya la idea de que la Tierra es la Tierra.
Área de la Ciencia:
- La geomicrobiología es la geomicrobiología.
- La biogeofísica es la biogeofísica.
Sus antecedentes:
- Las bacterias magnetotácticas (MTB) son microorganismos que biomineralizan las nanopartículas magnéticas, formando cristales magnéticos intracelulares.
- Estas bacterias navegan a lo largo de las líneas de campo magnético de la Tierra, un comportamiento influenciado por el componente vertical del campo geomagnético.
Objetivo del estudio:
- Para investigar la presencia y distribución de diferentes tipos de polaridad de bacterias magnetotacticas en sedimentos acuáticos cerca del ecuador geomagnético.
- Para probar la hipótesis de que el componente de campo geomagnético vertical influye en la polaridad predominante de MTB en entornos naturales.
Principales métodos:
- Muestreo de agua dulce y sedimentos marinos de Fortaleza, Brasil, ubicada cerca del ecuador geomagnético.
- Observación microscópica y caracterización de las poblaciones de bacterias magnetotactic dentro de las muestras recolectadas.
Principales resultados:
- Se identificaron bacterias magnetotácticas tanto en muestras de agua dulce como de sedimentos marinos.
- Tanto las bacterias magnetotacticas que buscan el sur como las que buscan el norte se encontraron en aproximadamente proporciones iguales dentro de las mismas muestras.
- La co-ocurrencia observada de tipos de polaridad opuestas desafía las predicciones simples de alineación vertical.
Conclusiones:
- La presencia de bacterias magnetotácticas orientadas al norte y al sur en números iguales cerca del ecuador geomagnético proporciona datos cruciales sobre la distribución del MTB.
- Este hallazgo apoya la hipótesis de que el componente vertical del campo geomagnético juega un papel en la selección del tipo de polaridad predominante de las bacterias magnetotáticas en entornos naturales.
- Se necesita más investigación para dilucidar completamente las complejas interacciones entre los factores ambientales y la selección de la polaridad de la MTB.
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