magnetosomes

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magnetosomes [mag′ned·ə‚sōmz]

(microbiology)

Intracellular, membrane-bound iron mineral crystals, often magnetite, that enable magnetotactic bacteria to orient and move in the direction of the earth's magnetic field, in marine environments, magnetosomes may contain the iron sulfide mineral greigite.

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