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Science 18 January 2002:
Vol. 295. no. 5554, pp. 425 - 426
DOI: 10.1126/science.295.5554.425b
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GEOBACTERIA:
Microbes Use Mud to Make Electricity

Elizabeth Pennisi

Self-recharging bacterial batteries that clean up organic pollution as they generate electricity? Sounds more like science fiction than science. But on page 483, microbiologists report coming one step closer to making microbial fuel cells a reality: They harnessed bacteria to generate electricity from underwater sediments.

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