Electric Bacteria: Boon or Bane?

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Electric Bacteria: Boon or Bane? Harnessing Power1 from the Deep

Introduction Humans and (nearly) all other animals require oxygen to survive, many bacteria species have evolved. Instead of oxygen as the final electron acceptor for cellular respiration, some bacteria can use iron or manganese, effectively “breathing” metal. Since the discovery of Shewanella oneidensis and Geobacter metallireducens in the sediments of Oneida Lake and the Potomac River, these “electric bacteria” have…