Electrified bacterial filaments zap uranium

Mechanism by which microbes scrub radioactive contamination revealed.

Hair-like filaments (yellow) allow Geobacter (orange) to precipitate uranium while keeping the toxic metal away from the cell.Dena Cologgi & Gemma Reguera (Michigan State University)
Hair-like filaments called pili...

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