Bacteria Could Grow Nanowires to Create a Giant Living Biogeobattery
25 February 2010 | Green Technology | 1 Comment
Researchers have analyzed several years Geobacter microorganisms and they found that this type of bacteria can produce electricity when mixed with seawater and mud. Bacteria that live in marine sediment are able to produce electrons and then to transfer them in the upper layers of the sediments. The distance between the two layers is a few inches, which means that bacteria can transfer electrons on a distance of up to 20.000 times their body size.