the electricity bacteria!!!!!!!!!!!

It's incredible and horrible at the same time!!!!!!!!!ILike a household wire carries electrons from wall socket to appliance, bacteria can conduct electricity along tiny wire-like appendages

A community of bacteria  could act as a slimy fuel cell, digesting organic matter and churning out electricity.  the microbes might   gobble up toxic marine sediments or process sewage at waste treatment plants.Biologists first noticed that deep-sea bacteria grew the curious wires when placed in environments with little oxygen. Those bacteria   share the gas — their way of breathing — by connecting their wires, as if a crowded room of people could breathe from an open window simply by linking hands.So be carfull and if you see a thing litle bite like this image .....Run away  to hide in a scientifique lab!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!


                                                                     helene le roux         3/11/2010