"Magnetite and Magnetotaxis in Algae" by F. F. Torres de Araujo

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Magnetite and Magnetotaxis in Algae

Biophysical Journal

F. F. Torres de Araujo, Universidade Federal do Ceará, Brazil
M. A. Pires, Universidade Federal do Ceará, Brazil
Richard B. Frankel, Massachusetts Institute of Technology
C. E. M. Bicudo, Instituto de Botánica, Brazil

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Publication Date

8-1-1986

Abstract

Magnetotactic algae of the genus Anisonema (Euglenophyceae) have been isolated from a coastal mangrove swamp in northeastern Brazil. The magnetotactic response is based on a permanent magnetic dipole moment per cell ~7 10-10 emu. Each cell contains many magnetite (Fe3O4) particles organized in chains.

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Physics

1986 The Biophysical Society.

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Published by Elsevier.

Citation Information

F. F. Torres de Araujo, M. A. Pires, Richard B. Frankel and C. E. M. Bicudo. "Magnetite and Magnetotaxis in Algae" Biophysical Journal Vol. 50 Iss. 2 (1986) p. 375 - 378
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