Direct Observation of Electrically Conductive Pili Emanating from Geobacter sulfurreducens
X. Liu, D. J. F. Walker, S. Nonnenmann, D. Sun, D. R. Lovley
This paper directly observes electrically conductive pili (e-pili) in Geobacter sulfurreducens using atomic force microscopy, confirming their role in long-range extracellular electron transport.
bioRxiv · Jul 6, 2021Microbiology