Magnetosomes in magnetotactic bacteria. (IMAGE)

University of Tokyo

Magnetosomes in magnetotactic bacteria.

Caption

Like a compass, the iron-containing magnetosomes in the bacteria align towards the Earth’s magnetic polls, compelling them to move in a north or south direction depending on which hemisphere they inhabit.

Credit

2017, Toshitsugu Yamazaki

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