A highly conductive fibre network enables centimetre-scale electron transport in multicellular cable bacteria
oleh: Filip J. R. Meysman, Rob Cornelissen, Stanislav Trashin, Robin Bonné, Silvia Hidalgo Martinez, Jasper van der Veen, Carsten J. Blom, Cheryl Karman, Ji-Ling Hou, Raghavendran Thiruvallur Eachambadi, Jeanine S. Geelhoed, Karolien De Wael, Hubertus J. E. Beaumont, Bart Cleuren, Roland Valcke, Herre S. J. van der Zant, Henricus T. S. Boschker, Jean V. Manca
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| Diterbitkan: | Nature Portfolio 2019-09-01 |
Deskripsi
Cable bacteria’ form long multicellular filaments that can transfer electrical currents over centimetre-long distances. Here, Meysman et al. show that the electrical currents run along highly conductive fibres embedded in the cell envelope, and charge transfer is electronic rather than ionic.