morganism
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Bacterial electricity
so it appears the proteins on the shell produce current on contact with metals and some iron bearing minerals
they created a synthetic version of these proteins in a shell, and they anchored onto a electrode.
http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2013/03/130325183900.ht...
[Edited on 26-3-2013 by morganism]
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khlor
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I believe that a microbial fuel cell is more efficient and is almost at hand. there are even several prototypes.
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quantime
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bacteria that eats electricity
http://www.newscientist.com/article/dn25894-meet-the-electri...
This is really amazing to me.
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