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Magnetic Polarity Fractions in Magnetotactic Bacterial Populations Near the Geomagnetic Equator
Biophysical Journal
  • F. F. Torres de Araujo, Universidade Federal do Ceará, Brazil
  • F. A. Germano, Universidade Federal do Ceará, Brazil
  • L. L. Goncalves, Universidade Federal do Ceará, Brazil
  • M. A. Pires, Universidade Federal do Ceará, Brazil
  • Richard B. Frankel, California Polytechnic State University - San Luis Obispo
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Publication Date
8-1-1990
Abstract

The relative numbers of North-seeking and South-seeking polarity types in natural populations of magnetotactic bacteria were determined at sites on the coast of Brazil. These sites were South of the geomagnetic equator and had upward geomagnetic inclinations of 1–12°. For upward inclinations >6°, South-seeking cells predominated over North-seeking cells by more than a factor of 10. For upward inclinations

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1990 The Biophysical Society. Published by Elsevier.
Citation Information
F. F. Torres de Araujo, F. A. Germano, L. L. Goncalves, M. A. Pires, et al.. "Magnetic Polarity Fractions in Magnetotactic Bacterial Populations Near the Geomagnetic Equator" Biophysical Journal Vol. 58 Iss. 2 (1990) p. 549 - 555
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