Anaerobic microbial iron corrosion due to conductive pili
Credit: Pixabay/CC0 Public Domain Iron is well-known for rusting, but this doesn’t just happen on contact with oxygen and water. Some bacteria are also able to able to decompose iron anaerobically in a process referred to as electrobiocorrosion. The sediment-dwelling bacterium Geobacter sulfurreducens uses electrically conductive protein threads for this purpose, as a team of
Elida Menjivar
August 14, 2023