Detection of interphylum transfers of the magnetosome gene cluster in magnetotactic bacteria
Magnetosome synthesis in magnetotactic bacteria (MTB) is regarded as a very ancient evolutionary process that dates back to deep-branching phyla.Magnetotactic bacteria belonging to one of such phyla, Nitrospirota, contain the classical genes for the magnetosome synthesis (e.g., mam, mms) and Breath Spray man genes, which were considered to be speci