magnetotactic bacteria

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magnetotactic bacteria [mag‚ned·ə‚tak·tik bak′tir·ē·ə]

(microbiology)

A group of bacteria containing iron mineral crystals in intracellular structures, called magnetosomes, which enable the bacteria to orient and migrate along magnetic field lines.

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No references found			The researchers focused their study on magnetotactic bacteria, which contain chains of magnetic crystals, called magnetosomes. Bacteria's tiny magnetic crystals are a compass, say researchers by Asian News International At the same time, other bacteria convert sulfur compounds in the lower layers into sulfides, which are toxic to most life, but important raw material that magnetotactic bacteria use to make greigite. A bacterium with its own compass steers research in new directions by Madin, Kate / Oceanus Such magnetotactic bacteria typically live between the high-oxygen surface and low-oxygen floor of ponds or sediments. Polar-opposite bacteria swim south in the north by Science News			magnetorheological fluid magnetosheath magnetosomes magnetosphere magnetospheric plasma magnetospheric ring current magnetospheric substorm magnetostatic Magnetostatic Field magnetostatic mode magnetostatic shielding magnetostatics magnetostratigraphy Magnetostriction Magnetostriction Oscillator magnetostriction transducer magnetostrictive delay line magnetostrictive filter magnetostrictive loudspeaker Magnetostrictive Materials magnetostrictive microphone magnetostrictive oscillator magnetostrictive resonator magnetostrictor magnetoswitchboard exchange magnetotactic bacteria magnetotail Magnetotelluric Sounding magnetotellurics Magnetothermal Effects Magnetotropism magnetovision Magnetron Magnetron Gauge magnetron oscillator magnetron pulling magnetron pushing magnetron vacuum gage Magnetron, Coaxial Magnetron, Tunable Magnetron-Type Devices Magnico Magnificat Magnification Magnificent Ambersons, The Magnifico, Don Magnifier Magnifying Chamber magnifying glass magnifying power Magnin, Armand			magnetostatic mode magnetostatic shielding Magnetostatic Wave Channelizer Magnetostatic Wave Device Magnetostatically Controlled Bianisotropic Material Magnetostatics Magnetostatics magnetostratigraphy magnetostriction magnetostriction Magnetostriction Oscillator magnetostriction transducer magnetostrictive magnetostrictive magnetostrictive delay line Magnetostrictive effect Magnetostrictive effect magnetostrictive filter magnetostrictive instruments Magnetostrictive Linear Displacement Transducer magnetostrictive loudspeaker Magnetostrictive Materials magnetostrictive microphone magnetostrictive oscillator magnetostrictive resonator Magnetostrictive Sensor magnetostrictor magnetoswitchboard exchange magnetotactic bacteria magnetotail magnetotail magnetotails magnetotails Magnetotelluric Magnetotelluric Magnetotelluric Sounding Magnetotellurics Magnetotherapy Magnetotherapy Magnetothermal Effects Magnetotropism magnetovision magnetron magnetron magnetron Magnetron Directional Amplifier Magnetron Gauge magnetron oscillator magnetron pulling magnetron pushing magnetron vacuum gage Magnetron, Coaxial Magnetron, Tunable Magnetron-Type Devices magnetrons magnetrons magnetrons magnetropism Magnets

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