All cellular membranes have the functionality of generating and maintaining the gradients of
electrical and electrochemical potentials. Such potentials were generally thought to be an …

The discovery of direct interspecies electron transfer (DIET) and cable bacteria has
demonstrated that microbial cells can exchange electrons over long distances (μm–cm) …

The study of bacterial ion channels has provided fundamental insights into the structural
basis of neuronal signalling; however, the native role of ion channels in bacteria has …

A reductionistic, bottom‐up, cellular‐based concept of the origins of sentience and
consciousness has been put forward. Because all life is based on cells, any evolutionary …

The slime mould Physarum polycephalum has been used in developing unconventional
computing devices for in which the slime mould played a role of a sensing, actuating, and …

Present day awareness of biofilm colonization on polymeric surfaces has prompted the
scientific community to develop an ever-increasing number of new materials with anti-biofilm …

Paramecium is a unicellular organism that swims in fresh water by beating thousands of
cilia. When it is stimulated (mechanically, chemically, optically, thermally…), it often swims …

Before the upheaval brought about by phylogenetic classification, classical taxonomy
separated living beings into two distinct kingdoms, animals and plants. Rooted in …

Oyster fungi Pleurotus djamor generate actin potential like spikes of electrical potential. The
trains of spikes might manifest propagation of growing mycelium in a substrate …

Although the term bioelectrochemistry tends to be associated with animal and human
tissues, bioelectric currents exist also in plants and bacteria. Especially the latter, when …