News tagged with magnetosomes
New bug eats sulfates, makes two kinds of magnet
(PhysOrg.com) -- A bacterium recently discovered near Death Valley has some very unusual properties according to a report published in the December 23 issue of Science magazine. While some ‘bugs’ are li ...
Dec 23, 2011 |
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Magnetic microbe genome attracting attention for biotech research
The smallest organisms to use a biological compass are magnetotactic bacteria, however mysteries remain about exactly how these bacteria create their cellular magnets. In a study published online in Genome Re ...
Aug 11, 2009 |
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Tiny magnetic crystals in bacteria are a compass, say researchers
Scientists have shown that tiny crystals found inside bacteria provide a magnetic compass to help them navigate through sediment to find the best food, in research out today.
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Dec 17, 2008 |
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Microorganisms act as tiny machines in future MEMS devices
The single-celled Spirostomum is a tiny brown worm that can contract its 500-micrometer-long body to 25% of its length in a millisecond, making this protozoan the fastest-contracting microorganism known. Scient ...
Apr 26, 2007 |
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Bacteria which sense the Earth's magnetic field
Researchers uncover how a nanoscale 'compass' inside bacteria orients them to the Earth's magnetic field. It is not only migratory birds that orient themselves to the magnetic field of the Earth. Also bacteria -- supposedly "si ...
Nov 21, 2005 |
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