Bacteria made to sprout conducting nanowires
July 12, 2006 | Source: NewScientistTech
Pacific Northwest National Laboratories researchers have coaxed Shewanella oneidensis — a bacterium that dumps electrons onto metal — into producing nanowires by growing it in vats that carefully control the amount of oxygen available.
A clearer understanding of the way bacterial nanowires form should allow engineers to make more efficient and powerful biological fuel cells.