Magnetite in Freshwater Magnetotactic Bacteria

Author Info

Richard B. Frankel, Massachusetts Institute of TechnologyFollow
Richard P. Blakemore, University of New Hamsphire
Ralph S. Wolfe, University of Illinois

Recommended Citation

Postprint version. Published in Science, Volume 203, Issue 4387, March 30, 1979, pages 1355-1356.

NOTE: At the time of publication, the author Richard B. Frankel was not yet affiliated with Cal Poly.

The definitive version is available at https://doi.org/10.1126/science.203.4387.1355.

Abstract

A previously undescribed magnetotactic spirillum isolated from a freshwater swamp was mass cultured in the magnetic as well as the nonmagnetic state in chemically defined culture media. Results of Mössbauer spectroscopic analysis applied to whole cells identifies magnetite as a constituent of these magnetic bacteria.

Disciplines

Physics

Copyright

1979 AAAS.