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When James first saw these bacteria, all he knew is that they came from a sample taken from a Portuguese beach. And on the slide, the bacteria were swimming in a stark line. And that gave James an idea. He took out his phone and opened up his compass app. Then he placed the phone on the microscope stage to see what direction the bacteria were swimming in. And he found that the bacteria were all swimming north.
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theconversation.com/magnetic-bacteria-and-their-unique-superpower-attract-researchers-100720
https://digitalcommons.calpoly.edu/cgi/viewcontent.cgi?article=1197&context=phy_fac
nature.com/articles/nrmicro842
ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3811606
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When James first saw these bacteria, all he knew is that they came from a sample taken from a Portuguese beach. And on the slide, the bacteria were swimming in a stark line. And that gave James an idea. He took out his phone and opened up his compass app. Then he placed the phone on the microscope stage to see what direction the bacteria were swimming in. And he found that the bacteria were all swimming north.
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More from Jam’s Germs:
Instagram: instagram.com/jam_and_germs
YouTube: youtube.com/channel/UCn4UedbiTeN96izf-CxEPbg
Hosted by Hank Green:
Twitter: twitter.com/hankgreen
YouTube: youtube.com/vlogbrothers
Music by Andrew Huang:
youtube.com/andrewhuang
Journey to the Microcosmos is a Complexly production.
Find out more at complexly.com
Stock video from:
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SOURCES:
nature.com/scitable/knowledge/library/bacteria-that-synthesize-nano-sized-compasses-to-15669190
theconversation.com/magnetic-bacteria-and-their-unique-superpower-attract-researchers-100720
https://digitalcommons.calpoly.edu/cgi/viewcontent.cgi?article=1197&context=phy_fac
nature.com/articles/nrmicro842
ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3811606
This video has been dubbed using an artificial voice via aloud.area120.google.com to increase accessibility. You can change the audio track language in the Settings menu.
