Patented bioelectrodes have electrifying taste for waste

Thursday, August 18, 2016 - 10:01 in Physics & Chemistry

New research at Michigan State University and published in the current issue of Nature Communications shows how Geobacter bacteria grow as films on electrodes and generate electricity – a process that’s ready to be scaled up to industrial levels. The thick biofilm, a gelatin microbial dynamo of sorts, is a combination of cells loaded with […]

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