Phylogenetic affiliation and ultrastructure of uncultured magnetic bacteria with unusually large magnetosomes

Archives of Microbiology

Volumn 169, Issue 2, 1998, Pages 136-147

  Spring, Stefan ^a   Lins, Ulysses ^b   Amann, Rudolf ^a,d   Schleifer, Karl Heinz ^a   Ferreira, Luis C S ^b   Esquivel, Darci M S ^c   Farina, Marcos ^b  

^a TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY OF MUNICH   (Germany)

^b FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF RIO DE JANEIRO   (Brazil)

^c Ctro Brasiliero de Pesq Fisicas   (Brazil)

^d MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE FOR MARINE MICROBIOLOGY   (Germany)

Author keywords

16S rRNA; Biomineralization; Electron microscopy; In situ hybridization; Magnetic bacteria; Magnetite; Ultrastructure

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BACTERIUM CULTURE; CELL ULTRASTRUCTURE; CRYSTAL STRUCTURE; ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; ENZYME SUBUNIT; GENE AMPLIFICATION; GENE CLUSTER; MINERALIZATION; NONHUMAN; PHYLOGENY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RNA SEQUENCE;

BACTERIA; MAGNETICS; MICROSCOPY, ELECTRON; PHYLOGENY;

EID: 0031887619     PISSN: 03028933     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s002030050553     Document Type: Article

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