Wired for life: Intracellular electron nanowires help methane-producing microbes grow.

Yalcin, Sibel Ebru; Malvankar, Nikhil S · Sci Adv · 2026

basic_science · Level V

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Abstract

Methane-producing microbes use iron-sulfur cofactors as a nanowire to split electron energy through specialized megacomplexes. Understanding this process could enable more efficient methane production.

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