They 'Breathe' Rock (IMAGE)

University of Southern California

They 'Breathe' Rock

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Scientist Moh El-Naggar studies bacteria that construct membrane wires to 'breathe' rock. This three-dimensional construct depicts a wire composed of spherical vesicles containing electron-transporting proteins (red and green).

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Sahand Pirbadian of USC Dornsife and Poorna Subramanian of Caltech

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