Comparative analysis of the gene organization in five magnetotactic bacteria: D. magneticus strain RS-1, Magnetospirillum magneticum strain AMB-1, Candidatus Magnetococcus sp. strain MC-1, Magnetospirillum gryphiswaldense strain MSR-1, and Magnetospirillum magnetotacticum strain MS-1. The predicted ORFs are represented by boxes, with arrowheads indicating the direction of transcription. Red arrowheads indicate the ORFs that were identified to be common among all five magnetotactic bacteria: D. magneticus strain RS-1, Magnetospirillum magneticum strain AMB-1, Candidatus Magnetococcus sp. strain MC-1, Magnetospirillum gryphiswaldense strain MSR-1, and Magnetospirillum magnetotacticum strain MS-1. Orange and green arrowheads indicate the ORFs that were identified to be common in the α-proteobacterial magnetotactic bacteria and Magnetospirillum spp., respectively.
