The detection of magnetotactic bacteria and magnetofossils by means of magnetic anisotropy

Earth and Planetary Science Letters

Volumn 309, Issue 1-2, 2011, Pages 113-117

  Gehring, Andreas U ^a   Kind, Jessica ^a   Charilaou, Michalis ^a   García Rubio, Inés ^a  

^a ETH ZURICH   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Assembly of magnetosomes; Cellular dipole; Chain fragments; Ferromagnetic resonance spectroscopy (FMR); Lake sediments; Magnetospirillum gryphiswaldense

Indexed keywords

CELLULAR DIPOLE; CHAIN FRAGMENTS; FERROMAGNETIC RESONANCE SPECTROSCOPY (FMR); LAKE SEDIMENTS; MAGNETOSOMES; MAGNETOSPIRILLUM GRYPHISWALDENSE;

ANOXIC SEDIMENTS; BACTERIA; BACTERIOLOGY; ECOLOGY; FERROMAGNETIC MATERIALS; FERROMAGNETIC RESONANCE; FERROMAGNETISM; IRON ORES; LAKES; MAGNETITE; RESONANCE; SEDIMENTOLOGY;

MAGNETIC ANISOTROPY;

DETECTION METHOD; FOSSIL ASSEMBLAGE; HOLOCENE; LACUSTRINE DEPOSIT; MAGNETIC ANISOTROPY; MAGNETIC FABRIC; MAGNETITE; MICROBIAL ACTIVITY; ONE-DIMENSIONAL MODELING; PRESERVATION;

MAGNETOSPIRILLUM GRYPHISWALDENSE;

EID: 79961127825     PISSN: 0012821X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.epsl.2011.06.024     Document Type: Article

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