Microbial Hair: It's Electric

USC College professor demonstrates how some bacteria grow electrical hair that lets them link up in big biological circuits. These findings suggest that microbial colonies may survive, communicate and share energy in part through electrically conducting hairs known as bacterial nanowires.
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