@misc{10481/47232,
year = {2014},
url = {http://hdl.handle.net/10481/47232},
abstract = {Biogenic magnetite is a fascinating example of how nature can generate functional magnetic nanostructures. Inspired by the magnetic bacteria, an attempt is made to mimic their magnetic properties, rather than their structures, to create living magnets at room temperature. The non-magnetic probiotic bacteria Lactobacillus fermentum and Bifidobacteria breve are used as bioplatforms to densely arrange superparamagnetic nanoparticles on their external surfaces, thus obtaining the artificial magnetic bacteria. Magnetic probiotic bacteria can be produced by using superparamagnetic maghemite nanoparticles assembled at their surfaces. They present a collective ferromagnetic phase at room temperature. The blocking temperature of these maghemite nanoparticles increases more than 100 K when assembled at the artificial magnetic bacteria.},
organization = {This work was funded by Biosearch S. A. (POSTBIO project-Agency for Innovation and Development of Andalucia IDEA) and by MINECO and FEDER (project CTQ2012–32236).},
publisher = {Wiley - VCH Verlag GmbH and Co. KGaA},
keywords = {Metal nanoparticles},
keywords = {Magnetic nanoparticles},
keywords = {Bacteria},
keywords = {Living magnets},
keywords = {Biomimetics},
title = {Artificial Magnetic Bacteria: Living Magnets at Room Temperature},
doi = {10.1002/adfm.201303754},
author = {Martín Marcos, Miguel Ángel and Carmona Rodríguez-Acosta, Fernando and Cuesta Martos, Rafael and Rondón, Deyanira and Gálvez Rodríguez, Natividad and Domínguez Vera, José Manuel},
}