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18441026

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rdf:type
lifeskim:mentions
pubmed:issue
1
pubmed:dateCreated
2008-6-13
pubmed:abstractText
The recent discovery of electrically conductive bacterial appendages has significant physiological, ecological, and biotechnological implications, but the mechanism of electron transport in these nanostructures remains unclear. We here report quantitative measurements of transport across bacterial nanowires produced by the dissimilatory metal-reducing bacterium, Shewanella oneidensis MR-1, whose electron transport system is being investigated for renewable energy recovery in microbial fuel cells and bioremediation of heavy metals and radionuclides. The Shewanella nanowires display a surprising nonlinear electrical transport behavior, where the voltage dependence of the conductance reveals peaks indicating discrete energy levels with higher electronic density of states. Our results indicate that the molecular constituents along the Shewanella nanowires possess an intricate electronic structure that plays a role in mediating transport.
pubmed:commentsCorrections
pubmed:language
eng
pubmed:journal
pubmed:citationSubset
IM
pubmed:status
MEDLINE
pubmed:month
Jul
pubmed:issn
1542-0086
pubmed:author
pubmed:issnType
Electronic
pubmed:volume
95
pubmed:owner
NLM
pubmed:authorsComplete
Y
pubmed:pagination
L10-2
pubmed:dateRevised
2010-9-22
pubmed:meshHeading
pubmed:year
2008
pubmed:articleTitle
The molecular density of states in bacterial nanowires.
pubmed:affiliation
Department of Earth Sciences and Biological Sciences, University of Southern California, Los Angeles, California, USA. mnaggar@usc.edu
pubmed:publicationType
Journal Article, Research Support, U.S. Gov't, Non-P.H.S.