Live Cables (IMAGE)

Aarhus University

Live Cables

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A small cavity in the seabed reveals a number of cable bacteria that conducts electric currents between the red surface and the deep, black, anaerobic sediment layers of the seabed.

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Credit: Nils Risgaard-Petersen

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