Paleoenvironmental controls on the abundances of magnetofossils in the southwestern Iberian margin

K He, X Zhao, Z Jiang, S Li - Journal of Geophysical Research …, 2024 - Wiley Online Library
Magnetofossils are nanosized magnetic fossil remnants of magnetotactic bacteria (MTB) that
are widely distributed in marine and freshwater sediments. Past studies have revealed that …

Magnetofossil abundance and diversity as paleoenvironmental proxies: a case study from southwest Iberian margin sediments

K He, Y Pan - Geophysical Research Letters, 2020 - Wiley Online Library
It is still contentious how the abundance and diversity of magnetofossils reflect varying
paleoenvironmental conditions. Here, we apply rock magnetic methods and transmission …

Paleomagnetic and paleoenvironmental implications of magnetofossil occurrences in late Miocene marine sediments from the Guadalquivir Basin, SW Spain

JC Larrasoaña, Q Liu, P Hu, AP Roberts… - Frontiers in …, 2014 - frontiersin.org
Although recent studies have revealed more widespread occurrences of magnetofossils in
pre-Quaternary sediments than have been previously reported, their significance for …

Paleoenvironmental significance of magnetofossils in pelagic sediments in the equatorial Pacific Ocean before and after the Eocene/Oligocene boundary

Y Lu, D Wang, X Jiang, Z Lin, Y Yang… - Journal of Geophysical …, 2021 - Wiley Online Library
Magnetotactic bacteria (MTB), sensitive to redox status, leave fossil bacterial magnetite
(magnetofossils) in sediments. The relative contents of cuboctahedral, elongated prismatic …

Dependence of bacterial magnetosome morphology on chemical conditions in deep-sea sediments

T Yamazaki, Y Suzuki, M Kouduka… - Earth and Planetary …, 2019 - Elsevier
Magnetotactic bacteria (MTB) play an important role in biogeochemical cycles of iron and
remanent magnetization acquisition of sediments. It is generally considered that magnetite …

Diversity of magnetotactic bacteria and its implications for environment

W Lin, Y Pan - Quaternary Sciences, 2012 - dsjyj.com.cn
Magnetotactic bacteria (MTB) are a phylogenetically and morphologically diverse group of
microorganisms which synthesize iron minerals of magnetite (Fe3O4) and/or greigite …

Quantifying magnetite magnetofossil contributions to sedimentary magnetizations

D Heslop, AP Roberts, L Chang, M Davies… - Earth and Planetary …, 2013 - Elsevier
Under suitable conditions, magnetofossils (the inorganic remains of magnetotactic bacteria)
can contribute to the natural remanent magnetization (NRM) of sediments. In recent years …

The detection of bacterial magnetite in recent sediments of Lake Chiemsee (southern Germany)

Y Pan, N Petersen, AF Davila, L Zhang… - Earth and Planetary …, 2005 - Elsevier
The sediments of Lake Chiemsee, located in the Alpine foreland in Southern Germany, host
a variety of magnetotactic bacteria (MTB), which contain intracellular crystals of magnetite …

Biogenic magnetite, detrital hematite, and relative paleointensity in Quaternary sediments from the Southwest Iberian Margin

JET Channell, DA Hodell, V Margari, LC Skinner… - Earth and Planetary …, 2013 - Elsevier
Magnetic properties of late Quaternary sediments on the SW Iberian Margin are dominated
by bacterial magnetite, observed by transmission electron microscopy (TEM), with …

Magnetotactic bacteria and magnetofossils: ecology, evolution and environmental implications

P Goswami, K He, J Li, Y Pan, AP Roberts… - npj Biofilms and …, 2022 - nature.com
Magnetotactic bacteria (MTB) are a group of phylogenetically diverse and morphologically
varied microorganisms with a magnetoresponsive capability called magnetotaxis or …