Magnetotactic bacteria

The Prokaryotes: Prokaryotic Physiology and Biochemistry

Volumn , Issue , 2013, Pages 453-494

  Bazylinski, Dennis A ^a   Lefèvre, Christopher T ^b   Schüler, Dirk ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEVADA   (United States)

^b AIX MARSEILLE UNIVERSITY   (France)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MUNICH   (Germany)

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DOI: 10.1007/978-3-642-30141-4_74     Document Type: Chapter

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