a: magnetosomes ~
b: hair
What:
"The magnetosomes are like hair: a bacterium can survive without the magnetosomes, but the magnetosomes give it advantage. Some bacteria have many more magnetosomes they need for magnetotaxis. The analogy would be having 250x more bone than needed for standing up. Hoarding magnetite chains can be used to form cytoskeleton: mineral wealth does pays off."
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Date: Mar 10 2014 5:31 PM
# 5318 Critique Analogy