Swarming bacteria share electricity with cable bacteria in sulfidic mud
Channel: Aarhus Universitet
Date: 2021-03-25

Cable bacteria are long cable-like bacteria that eat sulfide and breathe oxygen. To do this properly, they transport electricity through the cable. Bacteria swimming with the purpose to stay close to the cables (swarming) are suspected to exchange electricity with them. We hope that we can learn to make better electric cables and equipment from them.