Oxygen and iron isotope studies of magnetite produced by magnetotactic bacteria

Science

Volumn 285, Issue 5435, 1999, Pages 1892-1896

  Mandernack, Kevin W ^a   Bazylinski, Dennis A ^b   Shanks III, Wayne C ^c   Bullen, Thomas D ^d  

^a Department of Metallurgical and Materials Engineering   (United States)

^b IOWA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c DENVER FEDERAL CENTER   (United States)

^d U S GEOLOGICAL SURVEY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

IRON; ISOTOPE; MAGNETITE; OXYGEN;

IRON; ISOTOPIC FRACTIONATION; MAGNETITE; OXYGEN; PALEOENVIRONMENT; PALEOTEMPERATURE;

AEROBIC METABOLISM; ANAEROBIC METABOLISM; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL METABOLISM; CALCULATION; CENTRIFUGATION; CHEMICAL COMPOSITION; FRACTIONATION; IRON METABOLISM; MINERALIZATION; OXYGEN CONSUMPTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REDUCTION; TEMPERATURE;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS);

EID: 0033578926     PISSN: 00368075     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1126/science.285.5435.1892     Document Type: Article

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