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Table 3 Parameters enabling the assessment of bacterial stability and magnetosome production over 100 generations for PCB-derived MSR1 bacteria after 3–5 days of subculture in flask for 101 days

From: Set-up of a pharmaceutical cell bank of Magnetospirillum gryphiswaldense MSR1 magnetotactic bacteria producing highly pure magnetosomes

 

Cell size (µm)

Morphology

Number of magnetosome per cell

Mean magnetosome size (nm)

1st Generation

1.21 ± 0.25

Bend shape

Single magnetosome chain at midcell

14.44 ± 6.28

37.73 ± 6.71

20th Generation

1.24 ± 0.16

Bend shape

Single magnetosome chain at midcell

8.90 ± 4.02

33.50 ± 7.09

40th Generation

1.23 ± 0.27

Bend shape

Single magnetosome chain at midcell

9.15 ± 3.83

28.83 ± 7.74

100th Generation

1.27 ± 0.28

Bend shape

Single magnetosome chain at midcell

19.78 ± 6.60

24.58 ± 5.24

  1. Such parameters are cell size (µm), cell morphology, number of magnetosomes per cell and mean magnetosome size (nm)
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Microbial Cell Factories

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