Life with compass: Diversity and biogeography of magnetotactic bacteria

Environmental Microbiology

Volumn 16, Issue 9, 2014, Pages 2646-2658

  Lin, Wei ^a   Bazylinski, Dennis A ^b   Xiao, Tian ^a,c   Wu, Long Fei ^a,d   Pan, Yongxin ^a  

^a INSTITUTE OF GEOLOGY AND GEOPHYSICS   (China)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NEVADA   (United States)

^c INSTITUTE OF OCEANOLOGY   (China)

^d AIX MARSEILLE UNIVERSITÉ   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS);

GREIGITE; IRON; MAGNETITE; SULFIDE;

BACTERIA; CLASSIFICATION; MAGNETOSOME; METABOLISM; PHYLOGENY; PHYLOGEOGRAPHY;

BACTERIA; FERROSOFERRIC OXIDE; IRON; MAGNETOSOMES; PHYLOGENY; PHYLOGEOGRAPHY; SULFIDES;

EID: 84906944516     PISSN: 14622912     EISSN: 14622920     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/1462-2920.12313     Document Type: Article

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