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GLOBAL NUTRIENT CYCLES of enormous magnitude are driven by microbes, and remain at equilibrium. Microbes contain hundreds of giga-tons of carbon, nitrogen, and phosphorus, and fix 85% of the global nitrogen annually, and 50% of global oxygen. Stewards of planet earth. http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3954078/ View in LinkedIn

MICROBIAL ENGINES. "Virtually all nonequilibrium electron transfers on Earth are driven by a set of nanobiological machines composed largely of multimeric protein complexes associated with a small number of prosthetic groups. These machines evolved exclusively in microbes early in our planet's history yet, despite their antiquity, are highly conserved." Interesting high level view. https://lnkd.in/eajxV_c View in LinkedIn

NEW THINKING ON SYMBIOSIS. "In 2001, a study of Nasonia wasps conducted ... suggested that microbes influence the evolution of their hosts more often than scientists had expected." Symbiotic microbes direct wasp species formation. https://lnkd.in/e8ug98X View in LinkedIn

ELECTRICAL BACTERIA. "On average, in each cubic centimeter of sediment tested, they found 40 million cells of this type of bacteria, an amount they calculate could form 117 meters of super thin cable." Future computer or electrical device. https://lnkd.in/e5W32zq View in LinkedIn

BACTERIA DRIVING SPECIES FORMATION? "Gut microbes in fruit flies can rapidly change the insects’ mating behaviors, often a precursor to the development of new species. In hyenas, bacteria synthesize many of the chemical compounds animals use to communicate, and changes to the microbes might have helped to push populations apart." Microbes directing species formation. https://lnkd.in/e8ug98X View in LinkedIn

MENSA-LEVEL BACTERIA. "Computers are evolving – literally. While the tech world argues netbooks vs notebooks, synthetic biologists are leaving traditional computers behind altogether. A team of US scientists have engineered bacteria that could solve complex mathematical problems faster than anything made from silicon." https://lnkd.in/eFb4YZJ View in LinkedIn

ELECTRON FLOW AT HEART OF POWERHOUSES of life, just like in electrical devices. Mitochondrial operations have a lot in common with electrical devices, as they are 'quantized heat pumps' that also control electron spin and free radicals, forming magnetic memory like hard drives. This makes them harnessable like devices. Read this interesting perspective. https://lnkd.in/eqUST_2 View in LinkedIn

SWARM THINKING BUGS BUILD PYRAMID. "An electronic microcircuit that contains both the bacteria and an array of conductors that produce magnetic field ... the microcircuit can make the bacteria move in specific directions. A computer and an optical microscope provide a feedback loop, tracking the motion of the bacteria and adjusting the conductors to achieve the desired behavior." https://lnkd.in/evtUyJT View in LinkedIn

ATP CRITICAL TO LIFE. Trefoil (1992): "Hooking and unhooking that last phosphate (on ATP) is what keeps the whole world operating" and occurs about three times a minute in the billion ATP molecule per cell. Thanks to the ancient symbiotic bacteria in living cells. http://www.trueorigin.org/atp.php View in LinkedIn

BACTERIAL GAMES. "As a proof-of-principal for their bacterial communication system, the Japanese team created microbes that could solve a Sudoku puzzle." https://lnkd.in/eVjVdKt View in LinkedIn