Size of magnetosome

Range 0.04-0.1 µm
Organism bacteria
Reference Pim van Hee, Selective recovery of micrometer bioparticles using aggregation and air flotation, thesis, 2006, Department of Biotechnology, Delft University of Technology The netherlands Table 2.2 Table - link
Primary Source Dunin-Borkowski RE, McCartney MR, Frankel RB, Bazylinski DA, Posfai M, Buseck PR. Magnetic microstructure of magnetotactic bacteria by electron holography. Science. 1998 Dec 4282(5395):1868-70.PubMed ID9836632
Method Off-axis electron holography in the transmission electron microscope was used to correlate the physical and magnetic microstructure of magnetite nanocrystals in magnetotactic bacteria.
Comments Magnetosomes help in search of nutrients due to magnetism. Link to ref - link
Entered by Uri M
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