BacterioFiles 269 - Magnetic Microbes Maim MRSA

Magnetotactic bacteria with

magnetosome chains visible

From: Edouard Alphandéry,

Front. Bioeng. Biotechnol,

DOI: 10.3389/fbioe.2014.00005

This episode: Killing pathogens by attaching magnetotactic bacteria to them and then raising the heat with magnetic fields!
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Show notes:
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Journal Paper:
Chen C, Chen L, Yi Y, Chen C, Wu L-F, Song T. 2016. Killing of Staphylococcus aureus via Magnetic Hyperthermia Mediated by Magnetotactic Bacteria. Appl Environ Microbiol 82:2219–2226.

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