Manganese in biogenic magnetite crystals from magnetotactic bacteria

FEMS Microbiology Letters

Volumn 292, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 250-253

  Keim, Carolina N ^a   Lins, Ulysses ^a   Farina, Marcos ^a  

^a FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF RIO DE JANEIRO   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Magnetite; Magnetofossils; Magnetosomes; Magnetotactic bacteria; Manganese

Indexed keywords

COPPER; FERROUS SULFIDE; GREIGITE; MAGNETITE; MANGANESE; MANGANESE CHLORIDE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ARTICLE; ATOM; BACTERIUM; CRYSTAL; CYTOPLASM; FOSSIL; MAGNETIC CRYSTAL; MAGNETOFOSSIL; MAGNETOSOME; MAGNETOTACTIC BACTERIUM; MICROCOSM; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TRANSMISSION ELECTRON MICROSCOPY;

BACTERIA; CHLORIDES; FERROSOFERRIC OXIDE; MANGANESE; MANGANESE COMPOUNDS; SPECTRUM ANALYSIS;

MAGNETOSPIRILLUM;

EID: 60349128723     PISSN: 03781097     EISSN: 15746968     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1574-6968.2009.01499.x     Document Type: Article

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