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(biology) A membranous prokaryotic organelle, containing mineral crystals, present in magnetotactic bacteria

Magnetite magnetosomes in Gammaproteobacteria strain SS-5. (A) Chain of highly elongated magnetosomes. (B) Part of a magnetosome chain. (C) The magnetosome in the lower right in (B), viewed along the ${\displaystyle \scriptstyle [1{\overline {1}}0]}$ direction, with its Fourier transform in the lower right.

(biology) A membranous prokaryotic organelle, containing mineral crystals, present in magnetotactic bacteria

Lab Growth of magnetite crystals under controlled conditions to simulate growth within the magnetosome.

(biology) A membranous prokaryotic organelle, containing mineral crystals, present in magnetotactic bacteria

TEM Images of the progressive collapse of the magnetosome chain structures in cells.