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Self‐Constructed Electrically Conductive Bacterial Networks
Author(s) -
Nakamura Ryuhei,
Kai Fumiyoshi,
Okamoto Akihiro,
Newton Greg J.,
Hashimoto Kazuhito
Publication year - 2009
Publication title -
angewandte chemie international edition
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 5.831
H-Index - 550
eISSN - 1521-3773
pISSN - 1433-7851
DOI - 10.1002/anie.200804750
Subject(s) - key (lock) , electrical conductor , shewanella , electron transfer , electrical conduit , computer science , power (physics) , nanotechnology , world wide web , bacteria , materials science , chemistry , electrical engineering , biology , engineering , physics , telecommunications , computer security , genetics , organic chemistry , quantum mechanics
Protein power grids : A metal‐reducing bacterium, Shewanella loihica PV‐4, has the ability to self‐organize an electrically conductive network using outer‐membrane proteins and semiconductive minerals as a long‐distance electron transfer conduit.