title: Magnetite and magnetotaxis in microorganisms.
abstract: Magnetotactic bacteria from freshwater and marine sediments orient and navigate along geomagnetic field lines. Their magnetotactic response is based on intracellular, single magnetic domains of ferrimagnetic magnetite, which impart a permanent magnetic dipole moment to the cell.
authors.affiliation: Department of Physics, California Polytechnic State University, San Luis Obispo, CA 93407.
authors.forename: R B
authors.initials: RB
authors.lastname: Frankel
authors.forename: R P
authors.initials: RP
authors.lastname: Blakemore
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D018407:Bacterial Physiological Phenomena; D002465:Cell Movement; D052203:Ferrosoferric Oxide; D007501:Iron / Q000502:physiology*; D008280:Magnetics; D010087:Oxides
chemical_list: D010087:Oxides; D007501:Iron; D052203:Ferrosoferric Oxide