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Re:New Life Found That Lives Off Electricity by toomuchtodo on Wednesday June 22, 2016 @01:16PM (#11955481)
No respiration. You cut the current metabolism pathway down to absorbing electrons.

It would be revolutionary.

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Re:New Life Found That Lives Off Electricity by dualogy on Wednesday June 22, 2016 @02:00PM (#11955749)
> No respiration. > revolutionary.

Well your red blood cells, some retina and renal cells, and most cancerous cells also either thrive (or at least do much better) on fermentation aka non-respiration..

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