Comments on: Bacteria-Made Wires Create Electrical Currents in the Seabed, Possible Applications in Electronics http://cleantechnica.com/2012/10/25/bacteria-made-wires-create-electrical-currents-in-the-seabed-possible-applications-in-electronics/ Clean Tech News & Views: Solar Energy News. Wind Energy News. EV News. & More. Sun, 28 Dec 2014 21:40:00 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=4.0.1 By: Mac McDougal http://cleantechnica.com/2012/10/25/bacteria-made-wires-create-electrical-currents-in-the-seabed-possible-applications-in-electronics/#comment-139467 Sat, 27 Oct 2012 20:55:00 +0000 http://cleantechnica.com/?p=44395#comment-139467 Hi, I’m having trouble understanding two things:

First, the statement: “the entire process is occurring inside of bacteria that are only one centimetre long.” *Only one cm? Wikipedia says the average bacterium is 2 micrometers long.

1cm is 0.01 meter.

2 micrometers is 0.000002 meter.

Second, the quote: “The ability to conduct an electric current gives cable bacteria such large benefits that it conquers much of the energy from decomposition processes in the seabed.” Huh?

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