Multiple functions of flagellar motility and chemotaxis in bacterial physiology

R Colin, B Ni, L Laganenka… - FEMS microbiology …, 2021 - academic.oup.com
Most swimming bacteria are capable of following gradients of nutrients, signaling molecules
and other environmental factors that affect bacterial physiology. This tactic behavior became …

Magnetic mineral diagenesis

AP Roberts - Earth-Science Reviews, 2015 - Elsevier
Reduction–oxidation (redox) reactions occur during burial because sediments contain
reactive mixtures of oxidised and reduced components. Diagenetic chemical reactions …

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 …

Key signatures of magnetofossils elucidated by mutant magnetotactic bacteria and micromagnetic calculations

M Amor, J Wan, R Egli, J Carlut, C Gatel… - Journal of …, 2022 - Wiley Online Library
Magnetotactic bacteria (MTB) produce single‐stranded or multi‐stranded chains of magnetic
nanoparticles that contribute to the magnetization of sediments and rocks. Their magnetic …

Swimming with magnets: from biological organisms to synthetic devices

S Klumpp, CT Lefèvre, M Bennet, D Faivre - Physics Reports, 2019 - Elsevier
The movement of microorganisms is not only an essential aspect of life, it also serves as a
fruitful model for the development of synthetic microswimmers or microrobots with potential …

Magnetotaxis as an adaptation to enable bacterial shuttling of microbial sulfur and sulfur cycling across aquatic oxic‐anoxic interfaces

J Li, P Liu, J Wang, AP Roberts… - Journal of Geophysical …, 2020 - Wiley Online Library
Magnetotactic bacteria (MTB) widely inhabit the oxic‐anoxic interface (OAI) of sediments
and water columns, with their motility guided by geomagnetic fields (a behavior known as …

Bullet‐shaped magnetite biomineralization within a magnetotactic Deltaproteobacterium: implications for magnetofossil identification

J Li, N Menguy, AP Roberts, L Gu… - Journal of …, 2020 - Wiley Online Library
Magnetite produced by magnetotactic bacteria (MTB) provides stable paleomagnetic signals
because it occurs as natural single‐domain magnetic nanocrystals. MTB can also provide …

Magnetotactic bacteria: magnetic navigation on the microscale

S Klumpp, D Faivre - The European Physical Journal Special Topics, 2016 - Springer
Magnetotactic bacteria are aquatic microorganisms with the ability to swim along the field
lines of a magnetic field, which in their natural environment is provided by the magnetic field …

Diversification of iron‐biomineralizing organisms during the Paleocene‐Eocene Thermal Maximum: Evidence from quantitative unmixing of magnetic signatures of …

CL Wagner, I Lascu, PC Lippert, R Egli… - Paleoceanography …, 2021 - Wiley Online Library
Conventional magnetofossils represent magnetic mineral remains of magnetotactic bacteria.
Giant magnetofossils have no known modern analog. Both conventional and giant …

Primordial magnetotaxis in putative giant paleoproterozoic magnetofossils

U Donardelli Bellon, W Williams… - Proceedings of the …, 2024 - National Acad Sciences
Magnetotactic bacteria produce chains of nanoscopic iron minerals used for navigation,
which can be preserved over geological timescales in the form of magnetofossils …