Phylogenetic significance of composition and crystal morphology of magnetosome minerals

Magnetotactic bacteria (MTB) biomineralize magnetosomes, nano-scale crystals of magnetite or greigite in membrane enclosures, that comprise a permanent magnetic dipole in each cell. MTB control the mineral composition, habit, size, and crystallographic orientation of the magnetosomes, as well as the...

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Main Authors: Mihály ePósfai, Christopher eLefèvre, Denis eTrubitsyn, Dennis A. Bazylinski, Richard eFrankel
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Frontiers Media S.A. 2013-11-01
Series:Frontiers in Microbiology
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Online Access:http://journal.frontiersin.org/Journal/10.3389/fmicb.2013.00344/full

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