"Magnetite in Freshwater Magnetotactic Bacteria" by Richard B. Frankel

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Magnetite in Freshwater Magnetotactic Bacteria

Science

Richard B. Frankel, Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Richard P. Blakemore, University of New Hamsphire
Ralph S. Wolfe, University of Illinois

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Publication Date

3-30-1979

Abstract

A previously undescribed magnetotactic spirillum isolated from a freshwater swamp was mass cultured in the magnetic as well as the nonmagnetic state in chemically defined culture media. Results of Mössbauer spectroscopic analysis applied to whole cells identifies magnetite as a constituent of these magnetic bacteria.

Disciplines

Physics

1979 AAAS.

Citation Information

Richard B. Frankel, Richard P. Blakemore and Ralph S. Wolfe. "Magnetite in Freshwater Magnetotactic Bacteria" Science Vol. 203 Iss. 4387 (1979) p. 1355 - 1356
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