The electrogenic bacterium Geobacter synthesizes conductive extracellular nanowires to facilitate electron transfer that powers respiration. A highly conductive form of these nanowires is now revealed to be composed of oligomers of an 8-heme cytochrome, OmcZ.

中文翻译：

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发现自然的电子。

电动细菌Geobacter合成导电的细胞外纳米线，以促进为呼吸提供动力的电子转移。现在发现这些纳米线的高导电形式由8-血红素细胞色素OmcZ的低聚物组成。