Nanowires (VIDEO)

University of Southern California

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Shewanella bacteria roughly 1/50th the width of a human hair reach out nanowires to breathe when deprived of oxygen. These types of bacteria are typically found underground or in lake or ocean sediments, where oxygen is scarce.

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Clips from "Shewanella oneidensis MR-1 nanowires are outer membrane and periplasmic extensions of the extracellular electron transport components," El-Naggar et al., <i>PNAS</i> 2014 DOI number 10.1073/pnas.1410551111

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