Magnetotactic Bacterium, <i>Desulfovibrio magneticus</i> strain RS-1 (IMAGE)

Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory

Magnetotactic Bacterium, <i>Desulfovibrio magneticus</i> strain RS-1

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This is a transmission electron micrograph of magnetotactic bacterium, Desulfovibrio magneticus strain RS-1, showing a chain of bullet-shaped magnetosomes aligned along the Earth's magnetic field.

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Image courtesy of Tadashi Matsunaga (Tokyo University of Agriculture and Technology).

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