title: Measurement of Free-Swimming Motility and Magnetotactic Behavior of Magnetococcus massalia Strain MO-1.
abstract: Magnetococcus massalia strain MO-1 represents a group of fast-swimming marine magnetotactic coccoid-ovoid bacteria. They show polar magnetotaxis behavior in uniform magnetic field. MO-1 cells swim forward constantly with rare stop. When they meet obstacles, MO-1 cells could squeeze through or circumvent the obstacles. Here, we describe the methods for characterization of magnetotactic behaviors of MO-1 cells using adapted spectrophotometer and microscope mounted with magnetic fields.
authors.affiliation: Laboratory of Deep-Sea Microbial Cell Biology, Sanya Institute of Deep-Sea Science and Engineering, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Sanya, China.|Laboratoire International Associé de la Bio-Minéralisation et Nano-Structures (LIA-BioMNSL), Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique, F-13402, Marseille cedex 20, France.
authors.forename: Wei-Jia
authors.initials: WJ
authors.lastname: Zhang
authors.affiliation: Laboratory of Deep-Sea Microbial Cell Biology, Sanya Institute of Deep-Sea Science and Engineering, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Sanya, China.
authors.forename: Sheng-Da
authors.initials: SD
authors.lastname: Zhang
authors.affiliation: Aix Marseille Univ, CNRS, LCB, Marseille, France. wu@imm.cnrs.fr.|Laboratoire International Associé de la Bio-Minéralisation et Nano-Structures (LIA-BioMNSL), Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique, F-13402, Marseille cedex 20, France. wu@imm.cnrs.fr.
authors.forename: Long-Fei
authors.initials: LF
authors.lastname: Wu
mesh_terms: D002465:Cell Movement / Q000502:physiology*; D006090:Gram-Negative Bacteria / Q000502:physiology*; D060526:Magnetic Fields; D008280:Magnetics / Q000379:methods; D013550:Swimming / Q000502:physiology*
keywords: Magneto-spectrophotometry; Magnetodrome; Magnetotactic bacteria; Magnetotaxis; Motility