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 ...

One theory to explain this is a symbiotic relationship between magnetotactic bacteria and the animals they live within. Polarized light vision is a sensory adaptation that enables some animals to ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

Researchers from the Birbal Sahni Institute of Palaeosciences (BSIP) have identified magnetofossils - fossil remains of magnetic particles produced by magnetotactic bacteria - in rock varnish ...

Dr. 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 ...

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 ...