Phosphorus-rich granules in uncultured magnetotactic bacteria

FEMS Microbiology Letters

Volumn 172, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 23-28

  Lins, Ulysses ^a   Farina, Marcos ^b  

^a FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF RIO DE JANEIRO   (Brazil)

^b Lab Biomineralizacao Inst Cie B   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Amorphous phosphate; Biomineralization; Magnetotactic bacteria; Metal ion granule; Microanalysis

Indexed keywords

PHOSPHATE;

ARTICLE; BACTERIUM; CONTROLLED STUDY; MAGNETIC FIELD; MAGNETOSOME; MINERALIZATION; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; ULTRASTRUCTURE ANALYSIS AND ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; X RAY ANALYSIS;

EID: 0033053532     PISSN: 03781097     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0378-1097(99)00011-7     Document Type: Article

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