Magnetococcus marinus

Magnetococcus marinus is a species of Alphaproteobacteria that has the peculiar ability to form a structure called a magnetosome, a membrane-encased, single-magnetic-domain mineral crystal formed by biomineralisation, which allows the cells to orient along the Earth’s geomagnetic field.^[1] The Magnetococcus marinus grows chemolithoautotrophically with thiosulfate and chemoorganoheterotrophically on acetate.^[2]

Magnetococcus marinus
Scientific classification
Domain:	Bacteria
Phylum:	Pseudomonadota
Class:	Alphaproteobacteria
Order:	Magnetococcales
Family:	Magnetococcaceae
Genus:	Magnetococcus
Species:	M. marinus
Binomial name
Magnetococcus marinus Bazylinski et al. 2013[1]

It is a basal group in the Alphaproteobacteria.