BESSY II sheds light on how the internal compass is constructed in magnetotactic bacteria

ScienceDaily
Apr 16, 2018, 10:58 am890 ptsInteresting
Bacteria exist in many shapes and with very different talents. Magnetotactic bacteria can even sense the earth's magnetic field by making use of magnetic nanoparticles in their interior that act as an internal compass. Experts have now examined the magnetic compass of Magnetospirillum gryphiswaldense at BESSY…

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