A type of bacteria feeds on electricity

Place an electrical connector on the ground and unleash the electric current to pass through it and come from everywhere. They are live cells that feed on electricity!

Scientists have previously discovered different types of bacteria that can withstand and live in different sources of energy, but these electrical bacteria as they call them different and strange and 

exist everywhere

Unlike all living organisms on earth, electric bacteria use electricity in their purest form, capturing electrons from rocks and minerals. Scientists have so far identified only two types of bacteria called Shewanella and Geobacter. Biologists are now able to lure these bacteria out of rocks and minerals using electricity sources!

Several experiments have shown that these bacteria are stored in batteries that feed on and even excrete electrons. This may not be surprising at the scientific level because almost all organisms do so but indirectly. Humans, for example, eat sugars that contain a large amount of electrons, Our cells break down this sugar and move the electrons through a series of complex chemical reactions until 

they reach the oxygen-hungry electrons to attach to it to distribute to the entire body.

bacterium2 You may have heard before in science and biology classes about the ATP compound. It is a molecule that functions as energy storage units in all living organisms. Moving and moving electrons in the body is the key to making this compound. This is how all organisms make their energy. The electrons must move to have energy so when you cut oxygen from any living organism will die within minutes because you in this case stopped the movement of electrons in the body and therefore will stop all members of the work for lack of energy.

This bacteria is characterized by the absence of all these details and stages. It feeds and breathes the electrons in their pure form. In order to plant these bacteria in the laboratory, the scientists brought some sediments from the ocean floor (where these bacteria are present) and put an electrode Through the living cells) initially measured the electrical voltage of the sediment before exposure to a different voltage, increasing the voltage will pass more electrons through the electrode and low voltage will accept the electrode electrons from anything that tries to pass through it and therefore in the case of lifting the effort, bacteria will eat Excess electrons (then scientists will notice that the effort has not changed) and in the case of reducing the voltage bacteria will remove electrons through the electrode and then will consist of an electric current as evidence of the presence of these bacteria.

bacteria Some researchers have recently found 8 additional types of bacteria that are completely different from one another. This confirms the existence of a whole world of this kind that we do not know about yet. NASA is also interested in this discovery in order to study the survival of these organisms The deepest part of the globe) and its way of life, which may contribute to its journey to search for living beings in space.

Other applications can be exploited in such bacteria as cleaning contaminated sewage or groundwater. Scientists also want to use it to find answers to life-related questions such as what minimum energy the body needs to survive.

Scientists also believe that if two electric conductors are used instead of one and the bacteria that feed on electrons on one and those that breathe electrons on the other, they will survive to an unpredictable period unless someone kills them because they will become an infinite process!

These bacteria can be bacterial chains that connect the electrical current several centimeters long, even though they are no longer than 3 micrometers. The purpose of these chains is to deliver oxygen from the surface to the bacteria at the bottom, which, besides, opens up new horizons for what can be used. In which the bacteria and predict the emergence of a new generation of bio-energy sources that will depend on these bacteria.