Cell viability in magnetotactic multicellular prokaryotes

International Microbiology

Volumn 9, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 267-272

  Abreu, Fernanda ^a   Silva, Karen T ^a   Martins, Juliana L ^a   Lins, Ulysses ^a  

^a FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF RIO DE JANEIRO   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Cell viability; Magnetotactic multicellular prokaryotes (MMP); Magnetotaxis; Multicellularity

Indexed keywords

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); PROKARYOTA;

EID: 33846534235     PISSN: 11396709     EISSN: 16181905     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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