Effect of light wavelength on motility and magnetic sensibility of the magnetotactic multicellular prokaryote ‘ Candidatus Magnetoglobus multicellularis’

Effect of light wavelength on motility and magnetic sensibility of the magnetotactic multicellular prokaryote ‘ Candidatus Magnetoglobus multicellularis’

Lyvia Vidinho de Azevedo;Henrique Lins de Barros;Carolina Neumann Keim;Daniel Acosta-Avalos;Lyvia Vidinho de Azevedo;Henrique Lins de Barros;Carolina Neumann Keim;Daniel Acosta-Avalos;
antonie van leeuwenhoek 2013 Vol. 104 pp. 405-412
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‘Candidatus Magnetoglobus multicellularis’ is a magnetotactic microorganism composed of several bacterial cells. Presently, it is the best known multicellular magnetotactic prokaryote (MMP). Recently, it has been observed that MMPs present a negative photoresponse to high intensity ultraviolet and violet-blue light. In this work, we studied the movement of ‘Candidatus Magnetoglobus multicellularis’ under low intensity light of different wavelengths, measuring the average velocity and the time to reorient its trajectory when the external magnetic field changes its direction (U-turn time). Our results show that the mean average velocity is higher for red light (628 nm) and lower for green light (517 nm) as compared to yellow (596 nm) and blue (469 nm) light, and the U-turn time decreased for green light illumination. The light wavelength velocity dependence can be understood as variation in flagella rotation speed, being increased by the red light and decreased by the green light relative to yellow and blue light. It is suggested that the dependence of the U-turn time on light wavelength can be considered a form of light-dependent magnetotaxis, because this time represents the magnetic sensibility of the magnetotactic microorganisms. The cellular and molecular mechanisms for this light-dependent velocity and magnetotaxis are unknown and deserve further studies to understand the biochemical interactions and the ecological roles of the different mechanisms of taxis in MMPs.

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