microbial nanowires
Editor's Pick Research Article | Applied and Environmental ScienceBottom-Up Fabrication of Protein Nanowires via Controlled Self-Assembly of Recombinant Geobacter PilinsThe discovery in 2005 of conductive protein appendages (pili) in the metal-reducing bacterium Geobacter sulfurreducens challenged our understanding of biological electron transfer and pioneered studies in electromicrobiology that revealed the electronic basis of many microbial metabolisms and interactions. The protein nature of the pili afforded opportunities for...