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Table 2 Characteristics of magnetosomes produced under anoxic and microoxic conditions

From: An automated oxystat fermentation regime for microoxic cultivation of Magnetospirillum gryphiswaldense

Process time

MS diameter

[nm]

Cell length

[µm]

MS/Cell

MS/cell length

[µm−1]

Anoxic

 0 h

25.8 ± 8.9

3.0 ± 0.7

24.4 ± 2.3

8.1 ± 0.5

 15 h

32.0 ± 9.5

2.9 ± 0.6

25.6 ± 0.6

8.8 ± 0.8

 20 h

33.5 ± 9.1

3.0 ± 0.8

25.5 ± 2.1

8.4 ± 0.2

 34 h

33.8 ± 9.4

3.1 ± 0.7

25.3 ± 0.6

8.1 ± 0.2

Microoxic

 0 h

26.7 ± 8.5

3.3 ± 0.8

29.2 ± 2.7

8.8 ± 0.1

 14 h

26.7 ± 8.4

3.1 ± 0.8

27.9 ± 0.9

8.9 ± 1.1

 18 h

29.3 ± 7.9

3.4 ± 0.9

28.4 ± 2.8

7.7 ± 0.6

  1. Magnetosome diameter was measured with approximately 1000 particles per triplicate. Cell length was determined for 100 cells