Scientists Find 'secret Molecule' That Allows Bacteria To Exhale Electricity

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Scientists find 'secret molecule' that allows bacteria to exhale electricity | Live Science

Bacteria create heme filaments and biofilms to conduct electrons. Interesting article.

 

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Electricity is so powerful. Watch this video to see how they made a frog regrow his limb by changing the current and adding progesterone !

 

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It’s a fascinating bacteria, the below quote is interesting from a peaty perspective.

"As such, many researchers are currently studying how we can utilize biofilm conductivity to our advantage to produce even higher current densities. Low pH environments have been found to change redox potentials, thus inhibiting electron transfer from microorganisms to cytochromes.[17] In addition, biofilms have been found to become less conductive with decreasing temperature, although raising the temperature back up again can restore biofilm conductivity without any adverse effects.[21] The presence of pili or flagella on Geobacter species has been found to increase electric current generation by enabling more efficient electron transfer.[22] These different factors can be tweaked to produce maximum electricity and to optimize bioremediation in the future"