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Yates et al. claim1 to have replicated the methods we used in our paper entitled 'Tunable metallic-like conductivity in microbial nanowire networks'2. However, there are several fundamental differences between our original experimental approach and that of Yates et al., and it is not surprising that these differences have led to different results.

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  1. Department of Molecular Biophysics and Biochemistry, Microbial Sciences Institute, Yale University, 06516, Connecticut, USA

    Nikhil S. Malvankar

  2. Department of Chemistry, University of Massachusetts, Amherst, 01003, Massachusetts, USA

    Vincent M. Rotello

  3. Department of Physics, University of Massachusetts, Amherst, 01003, Massachusetts, USA

    Mark T. Tuominen

  4. Department of Microbiology, University of Massachusetts, Amherst, 01003, Massachusetts, USA

    Derek R. Lovley

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Malvankar, N., Rotello, V., Tuominen, M. et al. Reply to 'Measuring conductivity of living Geobacter sulfurreducens biofilms'. Nature Nanotech 11, 913–914 (2016). https://doi.org/10.1038/nnano.2016.191

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