mag|ne|to|tax|is

mag|ne|to|tax|is
mag|ne|to|tax|is «MAG nee tuh TAK sihs», noun.
movement of an organism in response to a magnetic field: »

Magnetotactic bacteria prefer to live where there is very little or no oxygen. Magnetotaxis might direct the bacteria downward, to the oxygen-poor sediments (Jerald C. Ensign).


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