A new type of magnet-sensitive inclusions in cells of photosynthetic purple bacteria

Systematic and Applied Microbiology

Volumn 20, Issue 2, 1997, Pages 182-186

  Vainshtein, Mikhail ^a   Suzina, Natalia ^a   Sorokin, Vladimir ^a  

^a RUSSIAN ACADEMY OF SCIENCES   (Russian Federation)

Author keywords

Bacteria; Ectothiorhodospira; Inclusions; Magnetotaxis; Rhodopseudomonas

Indexed keywords

IRON;

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL MEMBRANE; BIOMASS; CELL INCLUSION; CELL MOTION; CYTOPLASM; ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; MAGNET; NONHUMAN; PHOTOTROPHIC BACTERIUM; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RHODOPSEUDOMONAS; X RAY MICROANALYSIS;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); ECTOTHIORHODOSPIRA; PHOTOBACTERIA; PROTEOBACTERIA; RHODOPSEUDOMONAS;

EID: 0030745102     PISSN: 07232020     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0723-2020(97)80064-1     Document Type: Article

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