Habits of magnetosome crystals in coccoid magnetotactic bacteria

Applied and Environmental Microbiology

Volumn 71, Issue 8, 2005, Pages 4902-4905

  Lins, Ulysses ^a   McCartney, Martha R ^b   Farina, Marcos ^a   Frankel, Richard B ^c   Buseck, Peter R ^b  

^a FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF RIO DE JANEIRO   (Brazil)

^b ARIZONA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c CALIFORNIA POLYTECHNIC STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BACTERIA; CRYSTALLOGRAPHY; ELECTRON HOLOGRAPHY; MAGNETITE; TRANSMISSION ELECTRON MICROSCOPY;

BIOLOGICAL CONTROLS; COCCOID MAGNETOTACTIC BACTERIA; CRYSTALLOGRAPHIC POSITIONING; MAGNETOSOME CRYSTALS;

CRYSTALS;

CARBON; IRON; PHOSPHORUS; RIBOSOME RNA;

MICROBIOLOGY;

ARTICLE; BACTERIUM; BRAZIL; CRYSTAL; CRYSTALLOGRAPHY; DIFFRACTION; HOLOGRAPHY; NONHUMAN; THICKNESS; TRANSMISSION ELECTRON MICROSCOPY;

BACTERIA; CRYSTALLIZATION; FERRIC COMPOUNDS; FERROSOFERRIC OXIDE; HOLOGRAPHY; IRON; MAGNETICS; MICROSCOPY, ELECTRON, TRANSMISSION; OXIDES;

EID: 23744461063     PISSN: 00992240     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/AEM.71.8.4902-4905.2005     Document Type: Article

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