Cell organization and ultrastructure of a magnetotactic multicellular organism

Journal of Structural Biology

Volumn 145, Issue 3, 2004, Pages 254-262

  Keim, Carolina N ^a   Abreu, Fernanda ^a   Lins, Ulysses ^a   De Barros, Henrique Lins ^b   Farina, Marcos ^a  

^a FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF RIO DE JANEIRO   (Brazil)

^b CENTRO BRASILEIRO DE PESQUISAS FÍSICAS   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Freeze fracture; Magnetotactic bacteria; Magnetotactic multicellular aggregate; Many celled magnetotactic prokaryote; Multicellular prokaryote; Uncultured bacteria

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL CELL; CELL AGGREGATION; CELL COMPARTMENTALIZATION; CELL COMPOSITION; CELL DIVISION; CELL FUNCTION; CELL SHAPE; CELL ULTRASTRUCTURE; CONTROLLED STUDY; GRAM NEGATIVE BACTERIUM; MAGNETIC FIELD; MEMBRANE VESICLE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROKARYOTE; THIN FILAMENT;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); NEGIBACTERIA; PROKARYOTA; UNCULTURED BACTERIUM;

EID: 1042267376     PISSN: 10478477     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jsb.2003.10.022     Document Type: Article

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