Synthesis of the bacterial magnetosome: The making of a magnetic personality

International Microbiology

Volumn 2, Issue 2, 1999, Pages 71-80

  Bazylinski, Dennis A ^a  

^a IOWA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Biomineralization; Greigite; Magnetite; Magnetotactic bacteria; Magnetotaxis

Indexed keywords

GREIGITE; IRON; MAGNETITE; OXIDE; SULFIDE;

ASTRONOMY; BACTERIAL PHENOMENA AND FUNCTIONS; BACTERIUM; CELL ORGANELLE; CRYSTALLIZATION; EVOLUTION; MAGNETISM; MOVEMENT (PHYSIOLOGY); PHYSIOLOGY; REVIEW; SPECIES DIFFERENCE; ULTRASTRUCTURE;

BACTERIA; BACTERIAL PHYSIOLOGY; CRYSTALLIZATION; EARTH (PLANET); EVOLUTION; FERROSOFERRIC OXIDE; IRON; MAGNETICS; MOVEMENT; ORGANELLES; OXIDES; SPECIES SPECIFICITY; SULFIDES;

EID: 0033139473     PISSN: 11396709     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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