Nature Microbiology
An online-only monthly journal interested in all aspects of microorganisms, be it their evolution, physiology and cell biology; their interactions with each other, with a host or with an environment; or their societal significance.
An Ultra-Stable Protein Nanowire Made by Bacteria Provides Clues to Combating Climate Change
Bacteria deep in the soil need "nanowires" made up of cytochrome OmcZ to export electrons to extracellular acceptors in order to survive without oxygen. Our cryo-EM OmcZ architecture explains how bacteria make nanowires on demand and why only OmcZ nanowires show extremely high electron conductivity.