Configuration of redox gradient determines magnetotactic polarity of the marine bacteria MO-1

Environmental Microbiology Reports

Volumn 2, Issue 5, 2010, Pages 646-650

  Zhang, Wei Jia ^a,b,c   Chen, Chuanfang ^c,d   Li, Ying ^a,c   Song, Tao ^c,d   Wu, Long Fei ^b,c  

^a CHINA AGRICULTURAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b AIX MARSEILLE UNIVERSITÉ   (France)

^c CNRS   (France)

^d INSTITUTE OF ELECTRICAL ENGINEERING   (China)

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BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS);

EID: 78649707357     PISSN: None     EISSN: 17582229     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1758-2229.2010.00150.x     Document Type: Article

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