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. 2023 Jun 27;14:1174899. doi: 10.3389/fmicb.2023.1174899

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(A) A TEM image of a cell with bullet-shaped magnetosomes. (B, C) TEM images of magnetosomes unassociated with cells. Black arrows show cubo-octahedral magnetosomes. White arrowheads show hexagonal prismatic magnetosomes. (D) Secondary electron image of a microbial cell with bullet-shaped magnetosomes. (E) Energy dispersive x-ray spectrum from a red circle in (D). (F) Observed a number of morphology types of magnetosomes. (G) Cumulative probability distribution of length and axial ratio (width/length) for bullet-shaped crystals extracted from the chimney sample in this study (red) and from Japan Sea surface sediments (blue; Yamazaki, 2020).