09 June 2005

Power Generating Microbes



These seem to be a boon to the planet: "they are able to neutralize a variety of chlorinated compounds, solvents and even PCBs. But Charles Milliken and Harold May of the Medical University of South Carolina have found that Desulfitobacterium has an additional useful property: it can generate electricity, and do so by consuming a wide variety of substances"

WorldChanging: Another World Is Here: Power Generating Microbes:

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