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Published online 26 September 2007 | Nature 449, 388 (2007) | doi:10.1038/449388a
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Bacteria may be wiring up the soil
Microbes charge debate over nano networks.
Bacteria can sprout webs of electrical wiring that transform the soil into a geological battery, a team of researchers claims. Some soil bacteria form networks of tiny wires linking individual bacterial cells into a web-like electrical circuit, they report (D.
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