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Magnetotactic bacteria (MTB) are of interest in microbiology, biomineralization, advanced magnetic materials, and bio-geosciences because of their ability to form highly ordered intracellular magnetic minerals. Great strides for MTB studies have been made in the past four decades. In this paper we complied the first internet-accessible database for MTB, Database of Magnestotactic Bacteria (DMTB). It contains information of 16S rRNA gene sequences, corresponding ecological metadata, oligonucleotides, and magnetic properties of MTB. The comprehensive information contained in DMTB will provide a very useful data resource for researchers from different disciplines. The website of DMTB is at http://database.biomnsl.com/.
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Lin, W., Li, B. & Pan, Y. DMTB: A comprehensive online resource of 16S rRNA genes, ecological metadata, oligonucleotides, and magnetic properties of magnetotactic bacteria. Chin. Sci. Bull. 56, 476–478 (2011). https://doi.org/10.1007/s11434-010-4275-0
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