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A new kind of one bacterium There are functions such as electrical wiring Recently discovered Over a beach in Oregon. The species were called Candidate Electrotrix Yagonensis On the occurrence of the Bacteria in the Gulf of Yaguina, the native Americans in honor of the tribe of Yaguina, where bacteria were found.
This type of cable is the type of bacteria: the shape of a stick germs Create a chain and create a chain of several centimeters long filaments and connects to both ends to distribute a foreign membrane. Cable bacteria are found in sea and fresh water sediments and carries an unusual electricity between bacteria. This is due to special metabolism, and the electronically created by oxidation sulfides in deeper strata are placed in places where the oxygen and nitric acid.
The 25 species of cable bacteria recognized so far have been organized in two generations, Candidate Electrotrixliving in salted water and The candidate electronicLiving in fresh and brachish water. The new species found in this study are the genes and metabolic ways of the general, but it is expected to be a bridge for a branch before Candidate Electrotrix Lineage and therefore classified as part of those sexes.
Recently found species can afford how the cable bacteria can develop and how to work in various environments, Cheng Li, Oregon State University and research will be able to work on how to work in the researcher. explained in a statement.
High electrical conductivity
Candidate Electrotrix Yagonensis It differs from the existing cable bacteria in his appearance. Cable bacteria, there are foreign shells with rolls spread like mountains. The ranges of new species are thicker than previously known species, the average thickness of about 228 nanometers is three times higher than before. The ranges of new species are built in a pattern as a spiral on the surface of the filament, and their general form is more like this.
However, the most striking difference is the cover of the filament of new species with a thick, transparent cover. According to the authors of the document found by the discovery, this is an unprecedented structure. This shell is not carried by electricity and is thought to protect the philanent from the environment and external enemies.
