'Rock-Breathing' Bacteria Could Generate Electricity And Clean Up Oil Spills

A discovery by scientists at the University of East Anglia could contribute to the development of systems that use domestic or agricultural waste to generate clean electricity. (Credit: Image courtesy of University of East Anglia)

From Science Daily:

Science Daily (Dec. 15, 2009) — A discovery by scientists at the University of East Anglia (UEA) could contribute to the development of systems that use domestic or agricultural waste to generate clean electricity.

Recently published by the scientific journal, Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences (PNAS), the researchers have demonstrated for the first time the mechanism by which some bacteria survive by 'breathing rocks'.

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