#shewanella

[mermaidskey]

When we touch... When we kiss... Aren't microbial nanowires nifty?

[mermaidskey]

Meet the electric life forms that live on pure energy

Unlike any other life on Earth, these extraordinary bacteria use energy in its purest form – they eat and breathe electrons – and they are everywhere

This article is a year old, but I’ve just started reading up on microbes that will grow on electrodes and produce nanowires, in preparation for some of my postdoc work. The world is infinitely exciting and weird.

[heythereuniverse]

At the Department of Energy’s EMSL, a scanning electron micrograph shows Shewanella putrefaciens CN32 cells on the surface of hematite particles. CN32 is a metal-reducing bacterium important for cycling of carbon and metals in the environment. It has potential applications for bioremediating metals and radionuclides. For more information, visit www.emsl.pnl.gov