Characterization of bacterial magnetotactic behaviors by using a magnetospectrophotometry assay

Applied and Environmental Microbiology

Volumn 75, Issue 12, 2009, Pages 3835-3841

  Lefèvre, Christopher T ^a,d   Song, Tao ^b   Yonnet, Jean Paul ^c   Wu, Long Fei ^a  

^a CNRS   (France)

^b INSTITUTE OF ELECTRICAL ENGINEERING   (China)

^c LABORATOIRE D ELECTROTECHNIQUE DE GRENOBLE   (France)

^d UNIVERSITY OF NEVADA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ABSORBANCE; CELL ALIGNMENT; DETERMINANT FACTORS; GEOMAGNETIC FIELD LINES; HELMHOLTZ COIL; HOMOGENEOUS MAGNETIC FIELD; LIGHT BEAM; MAGNETIC FIELD LINE; MAGNETIC PARTICLE; MAGNETOSOMES; MAGNETOTACTIC BACTERIA; NORTH POLE; NORTH SEEKING; SINGLE DOMAINS; SOUTH POLE;

ALIGNMENT; CELL CULTURE; GEOMAGNETISM; MAGNETIC FIELDS; MAGNETIC MATERIALS; OXYGEN; POLES; STRAIN;

BACTERIOLOGY;

BACTERIUM; BIOASSAY; GEOMAGNETIC FIELD; SPECTROPHOTOMETRY; TAXIS;

ARTICLE; CELL MOTILITY; CONTROLLED STUDY; MAGNETIC FIELD; MAGNETISM; MAGNETOSOME; MAGNETOSPIRILLUM; MAGNETOSPIRILLUM MAGNETICUM; NONHUMAN; SPECTROPHOTOMETRY;

BACTERIOLOGICAL TECHNIQUES; LOCOMOTION; MAGNETICS; MAGNETOSPIRILLUM; SPECTROPHOTOMETRY;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); MAGNETOSPIRILLUM MAGNETICUM AMB-1;

EID: 67149092238     PISSN: 00992240     EISSN: 10985336     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/AEM.00165-09     Document Type: Article

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