Extracellular electron transfer via microbial nanowires

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Gemma Reguera
Kevin D. McCarthy
Teena Mehta
Julie S. Nicoll
Mark T. Tuominen
Derek R. Lovley
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[1] Department of Microbiology,Department of Physics
[2] University of Massachusetts,undefined
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Nature | 2005年 / 435卷
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The iron-reducing soil bacterium Geobacter sulfurreducens has hair-like protein structures called pili on its surface. These were believed to attach the cell to a substrate. But now a surprise: they also conduct electricity. This suggests a new mechanism for bacterial electron transfer, and raises the prospect of mass production of protein nanowires suitable for nanoelectronic devices.
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