Prismatic magnetite magnetosomes from cultivated Magnetovibrio blakemorei strain MV-1: A magnetic fingerprint in marine sediments?

Environmental Microbiology Reports

Volumn 4, Issue 6, 2012, Pages 664-668

  Jovane, Luigi ^a   Florindo, Fabio ^b   Bazylinski, Dennis A ^c   Lins, Ulysses ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SÃO PAULO   (Brazil)

^b ISTITUTO NAZIONALE DI GEOFISICA E VULCANOLOGIA   (Italy)

^c UNIVERSITY OF NEVADA   (United States)

^d FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF RIO DE JANEIRO   (Brazil)

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BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS);

EID: 84869223727     PISSN: None     EISSN: 17582229     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/1758-2229.12000     Document Type: Article

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