Futurity.org - 'Power cable' bacteria electrify the seafloor - 1 views
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Rory Newcomb on 28 Oct 12USC (US) - Scientists have discovered tiny, filamentous bacteria that link up like living power cables to transmit electrons thousands of cell lengths away. The Desulfobulbus bacterial cells, which are only a few thousandths of a millimeter long each, are so tiny that they are invisible to the naked eye.