[Cobalt- and chromium-containing inclusions in bacterial cells].
Bacteria belonging to different taxonomic and physiological groups (members of the genera Pseudomonas, Brevibacterium, Rhodopseudomonas, and Lactococcus) are able to form intracellular cobalt- and chromium-containing magnetic inclusions. The paper deals with the structure and the intracellular localization of these inclusions and their similarity to the known noncrystalline iron-containing magnetic inclusions. The possible biological role of the magnetic inclusions is discussed.
Ariskina
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Skryabin Institute of Biochemistry and Physiology of Microorganisms, Russian Academy of Sciences, pr. Nauki 5, Pushchino, Moscow Oblast, 142290 Russia.
Vatsurina
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Suzina
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Gavrish
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D002857:Chromium / Q000737:chemistry / Q000378:metabolism; D003035:Cobalt / Q000737:chemistry / Q000378:metabolism; D016946:Gram-Negative Aerobic Rods and Cocci / Q000378:metabolism* / Q000648:ultrastructure; D006094:Gram-Positive Bacteria / Q000378:metabolism* / Q000648:ultrastructure; D002479:Inclusion Bodies / Q000737:chemistry / Q000378:metabolism* / Q000648:ultrastructure; D008280:Magnetics; D008854:Microscopy, Electron
D002857:Chromium; D003035:Cobalt