The Bacteria That Make Perfect, Tiny Magnets

Learn how magnetic bacteria work, and how scientists think they can help technology in the future!
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Sources: Overview of magnetotactic bacteria from Nature Education Knowledge
Magnetite is the most strongly magnetic mineral in nature
Magnetotactic bacteria and magnetosomes review
Ecology, diversity and evolution of magnetotactic bacteria
How magnetotactic bacteria sense oxygen (not about their magnetism)
What magnetotactic bacteria could be used to make
Magnetic bacteria create a biological hard drive
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Magnetic Bacteria
Earth’s Magnetic Field