Recommended Citation
Postprint version. Published in Biology Monographs: Magnetoreception and Magnetosomes in Bacteria, Volume 3, January 1, 2007, pages 1-24.
The definitive version is available at https://doi.org/10.1007/7171_2006_036.
Abstract
Magnetotactic bacteria orient and migrate along geomagnetic field lines. Magneto-aerotaxis increases the efficiency of respiring cells to efficiently find and maintain position at a preferred microaerobic oxygen concentration. Magneto-aerotaxis could also facilitate access to regions of higher nutrient and electron acceptor concentration via periodic excursions above and below the preferred oxygen concentration level.
Disciplines
Physics
Copyright
2006 Springer.
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