在未培养的磁触中游泳的极性逆转
Giovanny Angiolillo1, Fernanda Abreu2, Daniel Acosta-Avalos3
1Centro Brasileiro de Pesquisas Fisicas-CBPF, Rua Xavier Sigaud 150, Urca, Rio de Janeiro, RJ, 22290-180, Brazil.
European biophysics journal : EBJ
|January 12, 2024
概括
与寻求南方 (SS) 菌株相比,寻求北方 (NS) 的磁策性细菌表现出不同的游泳行为和磁性特性. 这些差异表明,除了简单的极性切换之外,还有一个活跃的磁感应机制.
科学领域:
- 微生物学 微生物学
- 生物物理学的生物物理.
- 磁力学 磁力学 是一种
背景情况:
- 磁策性细菌 (MTB) 使用细胞内磁性纳米粒子 (磁体体) 进行导航,这些纳米粒子被组织成链条.
- MTB表现出南向 (SS) 或北向 (NS) 极点,与地磁场线对齐或对立.
- NS MTB可以在不均的磁场中切换极性,这表明了复杂的调节机制.
研究的目的:
- 为了研究NS和SS磁力战术之间的游泳特征和磁矩的差异.
- 分析磁体链特性和与极性相关的细菌磁矩.
- 探索MTB中潜在的活性磁感应过程.
主要方法:
- 从SS菌株中分离NS菌.
- 记录细菌轨迹以计算相对于磁场的速度和游泳角度.
- 微观分析磁体体尺寸和计算单个细菌的磁矩.
主要成果:
- 与SS cocci相比,NS cocci显示出更高的速度.
- 在NS cocci中,细菌磁矩分布较窄,角分散较大.
- 与SS菌相比,NS菌对磁场的敏感性较低.
结论:
- 在NS和SS中观察到的差异不能仅仅归因于磁酶链极性变化.
- 这一发现支持了在磁触性细菌中存在活跃磁感受过程的假设.
- 需要进一步的研究来阐明MTB.中活性磁受体背后的机制.
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