electrons

Discoveries of microbial communities that transfer electrons between cells and across relatively long distances are launching a new field of microbiology.

USC researcher Mohamed El-Naggar demonstrates how some bacteria grow electrical wires that allow them to link up in big biological circuits.

Shewanella bacteria generate energy for survival by transporting electrons to nearby mineral surfaces.

Desulfobulbaceae bacteria were recently discovered to form centimeter-long cables, containing thousands of cells that share an outer membrane.

Different microbe species can cooperate via electric currents, with the help of conductive minerals in the sediment.

Knocking electrons out of atomic orbit with a laser allows researchers to take femtosecond-scale “movies” of molecules in motion.