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Analysis of magnetotactic behavior by swimming assay.
Bioscience, biotechnology, and biochemistry - 1 Jan 2013
Sakaguchi Shoutaro, Taoka Azuma, Fukumori Yoshihiro
Abstract excerpt
Prokaryotic organelles called magnetosomes allow magnetotactic bacteria to navigate along geomagnetic field lines. In this study, we modified a swimming assay commonly used to assess bacterial motility to develop a new method of assessing magnetotactic motility. By this method, the swimming assay was performed in an artificial magnetic field. Magnetotactic bacteria formed a wedge-shaped swimming halo that...
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