TABLE 3.

Magnetosome particle morphologies, sizes, and width/length ratios of strain XQGS-1 and other alphaproteobacterial MTB strains

Strain	GenBank accession no.	Magnetosome particlea				Reference
		Morphology	Mean length (nm) ± SD	Mean width (nm) ± SD	Width/length ratio
XQGS-1	MZ268120	Truncated octahedral	88.3 ± 11.7	83.3 ± 11	0.94	This study
Magnetospirillum magneticum AMB-1	AP007255	Cubo-octahedral	∼50	∼45	0.85	63
Magnetospirillum sp. strain XM-1	KP966105		43.7	NA	0.85	59
Magnetospirillum magnetotacticum MS-1	M58171		40–50	40–50	0.9	64
Magnetospirillum sp. strain ME-1	CP015848		32.5 ± 4.5	28.9 ± 4.5	0.89	60
Magnetospira thiophila MMS-1	EU861390		61 ± 12	52 ± 11	0.85	69
Magnetospirillum kuznetsovii LBB-42	MH571849		38 ± 7	NA	NA	70
Magnetospirillum gryphiswaldense MSR-1	NR_121771		∼42	∼42	NA	54
CCP-1	MT021453		58 ± 4	40 ± 3	NA	22
“Ca. Azospirillum magnetospirillum” WYHS-1	MW646017		34.5 ± 6.7	32.8 ± 6.5	0.95	26
Magnetovibrio blakemorei MV-1	NR_118660	Prismatic	53	35	0.63	71
“Ca. Terasakiella magnetica” PR-1	CACVCF000000000		44 ± 13	34 ± 11	0.77	72
Terasakiella sp. strain SH-1	CP038255		48.3 ± 8.9	35.7 ± 5.2	0.74	56
Magnetospira sp. strain QH-2	EU675666		81 ± 23	58 ± 20	0.71	57

^aNA, not applicable.