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Nonmagnetic mutants of Magnetospirillum magneticum AMB-1 were recovered fol
lowing mini-Tn5 transposon mutagenesis. Transconjugants with kanamycin resi
stance were obtained at a frequency of 2.7 x 10(-7) per recipient. Of 3327
transconjugants, 62 were defective for bacterial magnetic particle (BMP) sy
nthesis. The frequency of independent transposition events for nonmagnetic
mutants was about 1.4% in transconjugants. Further analysis of DNA sequence
s flanking transposon by inverted polymerase chain reaction allowed isolati
on of at least 10 genes or DNA sequences involved in BMP synthesis in M. ma
gneticum AMB-1.