Transmission electron microscopy study of magnetites in a freshwater population of magnetotactic bacteria

American Mineralogist

Volumn 92, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 621-630

  Isambert, A ^a   Menguy, Nicolas ^b   Larquet, E ^b   Guyot, F ^b   Valet, J P ^a  

^a INSTITUT DE PHYSIQUE DU GLOBE DE PARIS   (France)

^b UNIVERSITÉ PIERRE ET MARIE CURIE   (France)

Author keywords

Biogenic magnetite; Biomineralization; Crystal growth; Crystal morphology; CSD; Magnetosomes; Magnetotactic bacteria; Morphology of biomagnetite; Morphotype census; Transmission electron microscopy

Indexed keywords

BACTERIA; BARIUM COMPOUNDS; BARIUM METALLOGRAPHY; BIOMINERALIZATION; CALCIUM OXIDE; CELLS; CRYSTAL GROWTH; CRYSTALLIZATION; CYTOLOGY; ELECTRONS; ENERGY DISPERSIVE SPECTROSCOPY; HIGH RESOLUTION TRANSMISSION ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; MAGNETITE; MORPHOLOGY; TRANSMISSION ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; TRANSMISSIONS; WATER;

BIOGENIC MAGNETITE; CRYSTAL MORPHOLOGIES; MAGNETOSOMES; MAGNETOTACTIC BACTERIA; MORPHOTYPE CENSUS;

POPULATION STATISTICS;

BACTERIUM; BIOGENIC DEPOSIT; BIOMINERALIZATION; CRYSTALLOGRAPHY; MAGNETITE; MICROBIAL COMMUNITY; MORPHOTYPE; TRANSMISSION ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; X-RAY SPECTROSCOPY;

EURASIA; EUROPE; FRANCE; SEINE RIVER; WESTERN EUROPE;

EID: 34247378993     PISSN: 0003004X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2138/am.2007.2278     Document Type: Article

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