Magnetotactic bacteria on earth and on mars

Astrobiology

Volumn 3, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 263-270

  McKay, Christopher P ^a   Friedmann, E Imre ^a   Frankel, Richard B ^b   Bazylinski, Dennis A ^c  

^a NASA AMES RESEARCH CENTER   (United States)

^b CALIFORNIA POLYTECHNIC STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c IOWA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

ALH84001; Life; Magnetite; Mars

Indexed keywords

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS);

IRON; MAGNETITE; OXIDE; WATER;

ASTRONOMY; BACTERIUM; BIOGENESIS; CELL MOTION; CLASSIFICATION; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; MAGNETISM; RADIATION EXPOSURE; REVIEW;

BACTERIA; BIOGENESIS; CELL MOVEMENT; EARTH (PLANET); FERROSOFERRIC OXIDE; IRON; MAGNETICS; MARS; OXIDES; WATER;

EID: 12844252280     PISSN: 15311074     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1089/153110703769016361     Document Type: Review

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