A birefringence relaxation determination of rotational diffusion of magnetotactic bacteria.
The orientational relaxation of the magnetotactic bacterium Aquaspirillum magnetotacticum is observed by the decay of the optical birefringence upon switching off an aligning magnetic field. The data yield a rotational diffusion constant D(r) [unk] 0.13 s(-1) and information about cell sizes that is consistent with optical microscopy data.
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