Organization and elemental analysis of P-, S-, and Fe-rich inclusions in a population of freshwater magnetococci

Geomicrobiology Journal

Volumn 19, Issue 4, 2002, Pages 387-406

  Lea Cox, B ^a   Popa, Radu ^a   Bazylinski, Dennis A ^b   Lanoil, Brian ^a   Douglas, Susanne ^a   Belz, Andrea ^a   Engler, Diane L ^a   Nealson, Kenneth H ^a  

^a CALIFORNIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^b IOWA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

ESEM; Magnetite; Magnetococci; Phosphorus inclusions; Sulfur inclusions; TEM

Indexed keywords

EID: 84898703263     PISSN: 01490451     EISSN: 15210529     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/01490450290098504     Document Type: Article

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