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Published online 18 January 2002 | Nature | doi:10.1038/news020114-9
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Electrode-reducing microorganisms that harvest energy from marine sediments
Researchers name the microbes that could produce power by munching pollution.
Bacteriacould clear up oil spills and generate electricity at the same time. US scientists have identified microbes that produce power as they digest organic waste1.
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