Geobacter Project - Home

Geobacter Project - Home: "UMASS-Amherst researchers report in the June 23, 2005 issue of Nature that Geobacter produces pilin-like filaments that function as nanowires to transfer electrons outside the cell onto insoluble electron acceptors, such as iron minerals and possibly electrodes. The filaments, which are only 3-5 nanometers in width (more than 10,000 times finer than a human hair), can extend more than 20 micrometers in length (more than 10 times the length of the cell)."