Magnetotactic bacteria are a group of  Gram-negative prokaryotes that possess intracellular, membrane-bounded crystals of  magnetic iron oxide or iron sulfide minerals called magnetosomes.currently study the formation and magnetic properties of  magnetic particles  in magnetotactic bacteria.

Publications

Lin Wei, Tian Lanxiang, Pan Yongxin, Formation of Magnetosomes in Magnetotactic Bacteria, Microbiology, 33（3）, 2006.

Tian Lianxiang, Pan Yongxin, Lin Wei, Wang Yinan, Zhang Shuyi , Progresses in studies of geomagnetic navigation of animals, Science Foundation in China, 13(1), 17-19, 2005.