TWiM explores the use of a bacterial protein to make highly conductive microbial nanowires, and how modulin proteins seed the formation of amyloid, a key component of S. aureus biofilms.

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Links for this episode * Amyloid formation for S. aureus biofilms (eLife) * Highly conductive microbial nanowires (Nat Chem Biol) * Uncovering Nature’s electronics (Nature) * Activating Nature’s electrical grid (Bioeng) * Bacteria that exhale electricity (SyFyWire) * Microbial transistors (TWiM 14) * TWiM Listener survey

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