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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2013 Aug 1.
Published in final edited form as: Mol Microbiol. 2012 Jul 10;85(4):684–699. doi: 10.1111/j.1365-2958.2012.08132.x

Figure 4. Biomineralization is slowed down and stalls in the ΔmmsF mutant after initial nucleation events.

Figure 4

A. Crystal size distribution in wild type AMB-1 (black bars) and the ΔmmsF (grey bars) strains 30, 90, 150 and 270 minutes post transfer of the cultures in an iron-replete media. The data shown comes from one data set representative of three independent experiments. B. Early stages of magnetite formation in AMB-1 and ΔmmsF. Electron micrographs of glutaraldehyde-fixed cells at the time points indicated in A. Insets are higher magnification of the region boxed in the micrograph. Scale bars: 100 nm, insets 50 nm.