Microbiology: Batteries not included: Circuits of slime
MAY 18, 2006
DOI: 10.1063/PT.5.020100
Nature : Among their many talents, bacteria are the world’s best electrochemists, creating a life-powering flow of electrons in a startling range of conditions. In the first of two features, Nick Lane asks what limits, if any, constrain this ability. In the second, Charlotte Schubert meets the people trying to put this microbial ingenuity to practical use.
© 2006 American Institute of Physics
