Magnetosome size distribution in uncultured rod-shaped bacteria as determined by electron microscopy and electron spectroscopic imaging

Microscopy Research and Technique

Volumn 42, Issue 6, 1998, Pages 459-464

  Lins, Ulysses ^a   Farina, Marcos ^a  

^a FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF RIO DE JANEIRO   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Biomineralization; Magnetite; Magnetosomes; Magnetotactic bacteria; Single magnetic domain

Indexed keywords

ASPECT RATIO; BACTERIA; BIOMINERALIZATION; ELECTRONS; MAGNETIC DOMAINS;

ELECTRON SPECTROSCOPIC IMAGING; LOCALISED; MAGNETIC CRYSTALS; MAGNETOSOMES; MAGNETOTACTIC BACTERIA; NATURAL WATERS; ROD-SHAPED; ROD-SHAPED BACTERIA; SINGLE MAGNETIC DOMAINS; SIZE-DISTRIBUTION;

MAGNETITE;

MAGNETITE; POLYVINYL ACETATE;

ARTICLE; BACTERIUM; CRYSTAL; ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; MAGNETIC FIELD; MINERALIZATION; MORPHOLOGY; NONHUMAN; PARTICLE SIZE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SPECTROSCOPY; X RAY MICROANALYSIS;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS);

EID: 0032537982     PISSN: 1059910X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1097-0029(19980915)42:6<459::AID-JEMT8>3.0.CO;2-H     Document Type: Article

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