DOI: 10.1126/science.170679. Magnetotactic Bacteria

10.1126/science.170679

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Abstract

Bacteria with motility directed by the local geomagnetic field have been observed in marine sediments. These magnetotactic microorganisms possess flagella and contain novel structured particles, rich in iron, within intracytoplasmic membrane vesicles. Conceivably these particles impart to cells a magnetic moment. This could explain the observed migration of these organisms in fields as weak as 0.5 gauss.

Bibliography

Blakemore, R. (1975). Magnetotactic Bacteria. Science, 190(4212), 377â379.

Authors 1

Richard Blakemore (first)

References 7 Referenced 1,509

BLAKEMORE, R.P., MORPHOLOGICAL AND ECOLOGICAL CHARACTERISTICS OF SPIROCHAETA-PLICATILIS, ARCHIV FUR MIKROBIOLOGIE 89: 273 (1973). (10.1007/BF00408895) / ARCHIV FUR MIKROBIOLOGIE (1973)
KALMIJN, A.J., HDB SENSORY PHYSIOLO 3: 147 (1974). / HDB SENSORY PHYSIOLO (1974)
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Type	When
Created	18 years, 10 months ago (Oct. 5, 2006, 11:11 a.m.)
Deposited	1 year, 7 months ago (Jan. 11, 2024, 11:14 a.m.)
Indexed	22 hours, 35 minutes ago (Aug. 31, 2025, 6 a.m.)
Issued	49 years, 10 months ago (Oct. 24, 1975)
Published	49 years, 10 months ago (Oct. 24, 1975)
Published Print	49 years, 10 months ago (Oct. 24, 1975)

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BibTeX

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