The creation of the France-China biomineralization and nano-structure laboratory (BioMNSL) was initiated at the end of 2007 by Chinese and French colleagues working on magnetotactic bacteria. This international scientific research laboratory was approved, on 2009, by the Chinese Academy of science (CAS) and the French National Center for Scientific Research (CNRS) based on the Sino-French scientific and technological exchanges and CAS-CNRS bilateral convention.