Greigite magnetosome membrane ultrastructure in 'Candidatus Magnetoglobus multicellularis'

International Microbiology

Volumn 11, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 75-80

  Abreu, Fernanda ^a   Silva, Karen T ^a   Farina, Marcos ^a   Keim, Carolina N ^a   Lins, Ulysses ^a  

^a FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF RIO DE JANEIRO   (Brazil)

Author keywords

'Candidatus magnetoglobus multicellularis'; Cytochemistry; Greigite; Magnetosome ultrastructure; Magnetotactic bacteria

Indexed keywords

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS);

EID: 51149118432     PISSN: 11396709     EISSN: 16181905     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2436/20.1501.01.46     Document Type: Article

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