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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)
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