Iron sulfides from magnetotactic bacteria: Structure, composition, and phase transitions

American Mineralogist

Volumn 83, Issue 11-12 PART 2, 1998, Pages 1469-1481

  Pósfai, Mihály ^a,b,c,d   Buseck, Peter R ^a,b,c,d   Bazylinski, Dennis A ^a,b,c,d   Frankel, Richard B ^a,b,c,d  

^a ARIZONA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b IOWA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c CALIFORNIA POLYTECHNIC STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF PANNONIA   (Hungary)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BACTERIA; HIGH RESOLUTION TRANSMISSION ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; IRON METALLOGRAPHY; MAGNETISM; PYRITES; SULFIDE MINERALS; ZINC SULFIDE;

CHAIN DIRECTION; CLOSE PACKED; EASY AXIS OF MAGNETIZATION; IRON SULFIDE; MAGNETOSOMES; MAGNETOTACTIC BACTERIA; NATURAL HABITAT; ORIENTATION RELATIONSHIP;

SULFUR COMPOUNDS;

BACTERIUM; IRON SULFIDE; MAGNETIC MINERAL; PHASE TRANSITION;

EID: 0032440750     PISSN: 0003004X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2138/am-1998-11-1235     Document Type: Article

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