Magnetic Inclusions in Prokaryotic Cells |
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| Authors: | Ariskina E. V. |
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| Affiliation: | (1) Skryabin Institute of Biochemistry and Physiology of Microorganisms, Russian Academy of Sciences, pr. Nauki 5, Pushchino, Moscow oblast, 142290, Russia |
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| Abstract: | Prokaryotic cells may contain one of two types of magnetic intracellular structures, either crystalline magnetosomes or noncrystalline magnetic inclusions. In a magnetic field, the locomotor behavior of cells containing magnetosomes is categorized as magnetotaxis, whereas noncrystalline magnetic inclusions cause a passive attraction of cells containing such inclusions to a magnet. This review considers the distribution, structure, and function of both types of magnetic particles in prokaryotic cells. |
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| Keywords: | magnetotaxis magnetosomes noncrystalline magnetic inclusions |
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