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Magneto-Aerotaxis

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Magnetotactic bacteria orient and migrate along geomagnetic field lines. Magneto-aerotaxis increases the efficiency of respiring cells to efficiently find and maintain position at a preferred microaerobic oxygen concentration. Magneto-aerotaxis could also facilitate access to regions of higher nutrient and electron acceptor concentration via periodic excursions above and below the preferred oxygen concentration level.

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  • Oxic Condition
  • Magnetotactic Bacterium
  • Swimming Direction
  • Magn Magn Mater
  • Methylococcus Capsulatus

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We thank B. L. Cox, C. E. French, S. L. Simmons, and D. Schüler for discussions. DAB was supported by US National Science Foundation Grant EAR-0311950.

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  1. Department of Physics, California Polytechnic State University, 1 Grand Avenue, 93407, San Luis Obispo, CA, USA

    Richard B. Frankel

  2. Department of Biochemistry, Biophysics and Molecular Biology, Iowa State University, 50011, Ames, IA, USA

    Timothy J. Williams

  3. School of Life Sciences, University of Nevada, Las Vegas, 4505 Maryland Parkway, 89154-4004, Las Vegas, NV, USA

    Dennis A. Bazylinski

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    Frankel, R.B., Williams, T.J., Bazylinski, D.A. (2006). Magneto-Aerotaxis. In: Schüler, D. (eds) Magnetoreception and Magnetosomes in Bacteria. Microbiology Monographs, vol 3. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg . https://doi.org/10.1007/7171_2006_036

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