Magnetotactic bacteria synthesize magnetic iron nanominerals, which function as tiny compasses that allow the microbes to navigate using Earth's geomagnetic field. Earth's iron cycle is a very ...

But they raise a fascinating question: why do abundant remains of magnetotactic bacteria precisely mark the PETM in the sediment sequences of the ancient New Jersey shelf? Magnetite-precipitating ...

The German researchers found that a plethora of fossil remnants from iron-loving, magnetotactic bacteria in a Pacific Ocean sediment core dating to about 2.2 million years ago. The bacteria ...

El-Khouri, Cameron and their colleagues have found clues that suggest they are formed by colonies of rust-producing bacteria and "magnetotactic" bacteria living on the wreck. These unusual ...

Magneto fossils, which are microscopic, fossilised magnetic particles made by magnetotactic bacteria, have been found by researchers from the Birbal Sahni Institute of Palaeosciences (BSIP ...

Recent targets include the PLAT domain of human polycystin-1, which we show to recognise phosphatidyl serine and PI4P in the membrane; the protein Mms6, which helps assemble magnetite particles in ...

Anca Lungu’s work focused on magnetic force microscopy studies of single crystal ferromagnetic thin films and of the magnetic reversal of single domain particle chains isolated from magnetotactic ...