Date: 6/12/2014 08:57:08
From: CrazyNeutrino
ID: 640537
Subject: Scientists find 'electric' bacteria in the Yarra River
Shock as scientists find ‘electric’ bacteria in the Yarra
Collections of “electric” bacteria with enough voltage to power a small LED light have been discovered living in the Yarra River.
Colloquially known as “cable bacteria”, it was first discovered in Denmark’s Aarhus Bay two years ago.
The cable bacteria found in the Yarra river.
However, the three centimetre-long bacteria, found in sediment between the mouth of the Yarra and Dights Falls in Collingwood, is found in particularly high densities in Melbourne.
Monash University biogeochemist Perran Cook said a patch of sediment the size of an adult footprint would host bacteria capable of generating one to two volts, enough for a small LED light.
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