Hidden bacterial hairs power nature’s ‘electric grid’

A hair-like protein hidden inside bacteria serves as a sort of on-off switch for nature's 'electric grid,' a global web of bacteria-generated nanowires that permeates all oxygen-less soil and deep ocean beds, researchers report. 'The ground beneath our feet, the entire globe, is electrically wired,' said the senior author of the new article.

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