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Who knew. Cable bacteria [1]: > ...are filamentous bacteria that conduct electricity across distances over 1 cm in sediment and groundwater aquifers. Cable bac
by sradman 6y ago
Who knew. Cable bacteria [1]:
> ...are filamentous bacteria that conduct electricity across distances over 1 cm in sediment and groundwater aquifers. Cable bacteria allow for long distance electron transport, which connects electron donors to electron acceptors, connecting previously separated oxidation and reduction reactions.
Cable bacteria and bacterial nanowires [2] seem to form linear bacterial colonies [3] that conduct electrons.
[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cable_bacteria https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cable_bacteria
[2] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bacterial_nanowires https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bacterial_nanowires
[3] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Colony_(biology) https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Colony_(biology)
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- joshspankit 6y agoIt’s discoveries like this that cement my belief that we fundamentally don’t know the actual effects when we decide that we’re being “safe enough” for the planet.
- dmix 6y agoI came to the opposite conclusion, very often it's amazing how adaptable and resilient the biological world can be.
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