Ecology, diversity, and evolution of magnetotactic bacteria

Microbiology and Molecular Biology Reviews

Volumn 77, Issue 3, 2013, Pages 497-526

  Lefèvre, Christopher T ^a   Bazylinskib, Dennis A ^b  

^a University of Aix Marseille   (France)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NEVADA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALPHAPROTEOBACTERIA; BACTERIAL STRAIN; BIOGEOGRAPHY; DELTAPROTEOBACTERIA; DESULFOVIBRIO; ECOLOGY; GENETIC VARIABILITY; MAGNETOSOME; MAGNETOSPIRA THIOPHILA; MAGNETOSPIRILLUM; MAGNETOTACTIC BACTERIA; MAGNETOVIBRIO BLAKEMOREI; MOLECULAR EVOLUTION; NONHUMAN; PHOTOTAXIS; REVIEW;

BACTERIA; BACTERIAL PROTEINS; GENE TRANSFER, HORIZONTAL; MAGNETOSOMES;

EID: 84884528592     PISSN: 10922172     EISSN: 10985557     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/MMBR.00021-13     Document Type: Review

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