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Science 24 October 1975:
Vol. 190. no. 4212, pp. 377 - 379
DOI: 10.1126/science.170679
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Science, Vol 190, Issue 4212, 377-379
Copyright © 1975 by American Association for the Advancement of Science

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Magnetotactic bacteria

R Blakemore

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.


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