Microbes harvest electrons: Novel process discovered

Science Daily ^ | Nov 5, 2019 | Washington University

[Openurmind]

Right on, thank you!

[Openurmind]

Always interested in these things, other than the normal everyday influences of bacteria, I have been into processing gold as a hobby since I was a kid. Found something interesting about gold and other heavy metals and bacteria about 5 years ago that I would like to play with someday for extracting.

https://phys.org/news/2018-02-bacteria-gold-digesting-toxic-metals.html

[rightwingcrazy]

Thanks. Reminds me of my dog. There’s nothing she won’t eat.

[Alas Babylon!]

Read your post 13 again.

It said “Pigeon”, not “Pig Pen”

Don’t you just hate autocorrect?

https://interestingengineering.com/15-worst-autocorrect-mistakes-people-have-sent-their-bosses

[blueplum]

,,,,Getting the electricity across the outer layer of the bacteria is the key challenge,,,,, the naturally occurring strain of Rhodopseudomonas palustris TIE-1 builds a conduit to accept electrons across its outer membrane.....

Biofuel production is good, What are the medical implications in treating resistant bacteria? A non-toxic conduit across the membrane means a wide open door. Wow. Or creating a cell-based electronically driven robot arm or leg? or?

[Seruzawa]

Sounds like a Roger Corman movie.

[wgmalabama]

I know most people think - how can we harness this for clean energy. My first thought was a electron treading bacteria bomb. Maybe it’s just me.

[wgmalabama]

Damn auto correct. Electron Eating bomb.

[Deaf Smith]

Wish i could turn off autocorrect.

Try again...

Pigpen

Had to override auto on that one.

[tired&retired]

Solar

[SunkenCiv]

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[SunkenCiv]

Thanks Openurmind. A nice two-list ping topic!

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[BradyLS]

“Life, Captain. But not as we know it.”

[Openurmind]

Absolutely my privilege sir. :)

[SunkenCiv]

And keep it up, particularly any unfettered praise, I eat that up. ;^)

[Openurmind]

Hey, there ain’t no denying it, you are good at what you do.

Seriously, all the extra effort you make to keep track of all these is an asset here. :)

Nuff yet? need some more?

[gleeaikin]

Could this have some implications with regard to the blood/brain barrier? If so, might it have medical implications for the treatment of brain cancer an other ills in the brain that medicine can not reach at this time??

[SunkenCiv]

[blush]

[SunkenCiv]

It's an interesting idea. But try a search, "what causes cancer" and you'll see that over a century of research has turned up nothing much.

[P.O.E.]

Give a microbe an electron, it will eat for a day. Teach a microbe to harvest electrons.....