[Magnet sensitive inclusion in procaryotic cells].
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. The review considers the distribution, structure, and function of both types of magnetic particles in prokaryotic cells.
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Skryabin Institute of Biochemistry and Physiology of Microorganisms, Russian Academy of Sciences, pr. Nauki 5, Pushchino, Moscow Oblast, 142290 Russia.
D001419:Bacteria / Q000145:classification / Q000302:isolation & purification / Q000378:metabolism*; D018407:Bacterial Physiological Phenomena; D004463:Ecology; D004783:Environmental Microbiology; D005290:Ferric Compounds / Q000032:analysis; D002479:Inclusion Bodies / Q000737:chemistry / Q000378:metabolism*; D008280:Magnetics; D009068:Movement
D005290:Ferric Compounds