Tuesday, October 12, 2010
Bacteria form electric circuits?
"Bacterial hair-like extensions appear to be capable of conducting electricity down their length, possibly playing a key role in respiration by allowing the cells to dump electrons at distances far outside the cell." Read more @ The Scientist. Full paper:
H.W. Harris, M.Y. El-Naggar, O. Bretschger, M. Ward, M. Romine, A. Obraztsova, and K.H. Nealson. Electrokinesis is a microbial behavior that requires extracellular electron transport, PNAS, 107(1), 326-331, 2010 doi:10.1073/pnas.0907468107
H.W. Harris, M.Y. El-Naggar, O. Bretschger, M. Ward, M. Romine, A. Obraztsova, and K.H. Nealson. Electrokinesis is a microbial behavior that requires extracellular electron transport, PNAS, 107(1), 326-331, 2010 doi:10.1073/pnas.0907468107
