Gut bacteria's shocking secret: They produce electricity

(University of California - Berkeley) To date, most electricity-generating bacteria have come from weird environments, but UC Berkeley researchers have found more than 100 in the human microbiome, both pathogenic and probiotic. They were unsuspected because they employ a different and simpler extracellular electron transfer system, which may prove useful in creating bacterial batteries. Their electrogenic ability may be important in infectivity, or in how they ferment cheese and yogurt.
Source: EurekAlert! - Infectious and Emerging Diseases - Category: Infectious Diseases Source Type: news