Bacterial nanowires

Bacterial nanowires (also known as microbial nanowires) are electrically conductive appendages produced by a number of bacteria, most notably from (but not exclusive to) the Geobacter and Shewanella genera^[1]^[2]. Conductive nanowires have also been confirmed in the oxygenic cyanobacterium Synechocystis PCC6803 and a thermophilic, methanogenic coculture consisting of Pelotomaculum thermopropionicum and Methanothermobacter thermoautotrophicus^[2].

History

Implications and Potential Applications

References

↑ G. Reguera et al., Nature 435, 1098 (2005)
↑ ^2.0 ^2.1 Y. A. Gorby et al., Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America 103, 11358 (2006).

[Reguera-1] G. Reguera et al., Nature 435, 1098 (2005)

[Gorby2006-2] 2.0 ^2.1 Y. A. Gorby et al., Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America 103, 11358 (2006).

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