Biomineralization, crystallography and magnetic properties of bullet-shaped magnetite magnetosomes in giant rod magnetotactic bacteria

Earth and Planetary Science Letters

Volumn 293, Issue 3-4, 2010, Pages 368-376

  Li, Jinhua ^a   Pan, Yongxin ^a,b   Liu, Qingsong ^a,b   Yu Zhang, Kui ^c   Menguy, Nicolas ^b,d   Che, Renchao ^e   Qin, Huafeng ^a   Lin, Wei ^a   Wu, Wenfang ^a   Petersen, Nikolai ^f   Yang, Xin'an ^g  

^a BEIJING INSTITUTE OF GEOLOGY FOR MINERAL RESOURCES   (China)

^b France China Bio Mineralization and Nano Structures Laboratory   (China)

^c UNIVERSITÉ DE REIMS CHAMPAGNE ARDENNE   (France)

^d UNIVERSITÉ PIERRE ET MARIE CURIE   (France)

^e FUDAN UNIVERSITY   (China)

^f UNIVERSITY OF MUNICH   (Germany)

^g INSTITUTE OF PHYSICS   (China)

Author keywords

Biomineralization; Bullet shaped magnetite magnetosome; Crystallography; Magnetotactic bacteria; Sedimentary magnetism

Indexed keywords

[100] ORIENTATION; BEIJING , CHINA; BIOMINERALIZATION PROCESS; BULLET-SHAPED MAGNETITE MAGNETOSOME; COMPREHENSIVE STUDIES; EASY AXIS; ENVIRONMENTAL MAGNETISM; FACE-CENTERED CUBIC; HIGH COERCIVITY; ISOTROPIC GROWTH; LONG AXIS; MAGNETIZATION DIRECTION; MAGNETOSOMES; MAGNETOSTATIC INTERACTIONS; MAGNETOTACTIC BACTERIA; SEDIMENTARY MAGNETISM; SHAPE ANISOTROPY; SINGLE DOMAIN PARTICLES; TRANSMISSION ELECTRON MICROSCOPY OBSERVATION; TWO STAGE;

BACTERIOLOGY; BIOMINERALIZATION; CRYSTALLOGRAPHY; MAGNETIC MATERIALS; MAGNETIC PROPERTIES; MAGNETITE; MAGNETOSTATICS; MINERALOGY; OCEAN HABITATS; OXIDE MINERALS; PROJECTILES; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; SEDIMENTOLOGY; TRANSMISSION ELECTRON MICROSCOPY;

MAGNETISM;

BACTERIUM; BIOMINERALIZATION; CRYSTALLOGRAPHY; MAGNETIC PROPERTY; MAGNETITE; TRANSMISSION ELECTRON MICROSCOPY;

BEIJING [CHINA]; CHINA; MIYUN;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); CANDIDATUS MAGNETOBACTERIUM BAVARICUM;

EID: 77951297154     PISSN: 0012821X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.epsl.2010.03.007     Document Type: Article

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