mBio: “Photoferrotrophs Produce a PioAB Electron Conduit for Extracellular Electron Uptake.” https://t.co/YUAsNkRzZV
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RT @ASMicrobiology: Some anoxygenic phototrophs use a protein complex made of an outer membrane porin and a periplasmic decaheme cytochrome…
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RT @bioinfoark: Such a cool study about how microbes can use a porin-cytochrome protein complex to derive energy from soluble and insoluble…
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Scientists discovered that certain microbes can get their energy from electrical charges, they have wondered how they do it as Bacteria don't have mouths. Now, new research reveals how one such bacteria pulls in electrons straight from an electrode source.