title: Magnetosomes and magneto-aerotaxis.
abstract: Magnetotactic bacteria orient and migrate along geomagnetic field lines. Magneto-aerotaxis increases the efficiency of respiring microaerophilic cells to efficiently find and maintain a position at a preferred microaerobic oxygen concentration. Magneto-aerotaxis could also facilitate access to regions of higher nutrient and electron acceptor concentration via periodic excursions above and below the preferred oxygen concentration level.
authors.forename: Richard B
authors.initials: RB
authors.lastname: Frankel
authors.forename: Dennis A
authors.initials: DA
authors.lastname: Bazylinski
mesh_terms: D018407:Bacterial Physiological Phenomena; D008280:Magnetics; D009068:Movement; D014871:Water Microbiology