Enlisting Bacteria to Power Autonomous Water Column Sensors

摘要

Since the formation of the U.S. Navy by the Continental Congress on October 13, 1775, soldiers and personnel have been recruited into its ranks to defend from enemies both foreign and domestic. This recruitment has now been extended to the microbial population. The manipulation and duplication of bacterial metabolism and function is nothing new: It has formed some of the most prolific advances in medicine and chemistry over the past two centuries.