Occurrence and microscopic analyses of multicellular magnetotactic prokaryotes from coastal sediments in the Yellow Sea

Chinese Journal of Oceanology and Limnology

Volumn 29, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 246-251

  Zhou, Ke ^a,b,c   Pan, Hongmiao ^b   Zhang, Shengda ^d   Yue, Haidong ^b   Xiao, Tian ^b,e   Wu, Longfei ^d,e,f  

^a YANTAI INSTITUTE OF COASTAL ZONE RESEARCH   (China)

^b INSTITUTE OF OCEANOLOGY   (China)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CHINESE ACADEMY OF SCIENCES   (China)

^d OCEAN UNIVERSITY OF CHINA   (China)

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

^f AIX MARSEILLE UNIVERSITÉ   (France)

Author keywords

magnetite; magnetosomes; multicellular magnetotactic prokaryotes; rosette like; Yellow Sea

Indexed keywords

NEGIBACTERIA; PROKARYOTA;

EID: 82055165098     PISSN: 02544059     EISSN: 19935005     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00343-011-0032-8     Document Type: Article

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