Organization of cells in magnetotactic multicellular aggregates

Microbiological Research

Volumn 154, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 9-13

  Lins, Ulysses ^a   Farina, Marcos ^a  

^a FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF RIO DE JANEIRO   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Cell division; Magnetotactic bacteria; Magnetotaxis; Scanning electron microscopy

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL CELL; CELL AGGREGATION; CELL SURFACE; CELL ULTRASTRUCTURE; CELL VOLUME; MAGNETOTACTIC MULTICELLULAR AGGREGATE; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; SULFUR;

EID: 0032931695     PISSN: 09445013     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0944-5013(99)80028-7     Document Type: Article

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