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Bacteria that function as living electrical cables found

Copenhagen : Denmark | Oct 25, 2012 at 1:10 PM PDT
Source: Zee News
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Danish scientists have discovered that some bacteria form a kind of gigantic power lines to survive between the different layers of marine mud. Researchers at Aarhus University, Denmark, made a sensational discovery almost three years ago when they measured electric currents in the seabed. FULL ARTICLE AT Zee News
 
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