A microfluid technique is able to quickly sort bacteria that is based on the capability to try and generate electricity. When you live in extreme conditions, you have to make sure that you are adaptable. You also have to make sure that you are creative as well. For example, some bacteria are able to exist in environments that are very oxygen deprived. This means that they have to find a way to breathe that does not actually involve oxygen. These microbes can be found miles underneath the ocean. They breathe by absorbing electrons, which ultimately means that they have the ability to produce their own level of electricity.

Scientists and even engineers are now exploring ways to try and harness these power plants so that they can run fuel cells. They do this with the ultimate goal of purifying sewage water. If they are able to pin down the microbe electrical properties, they will then be able to use them to their advantage.

The MIT engineers have worked hard to try and develop a microfluid technique that can process small samples of bacteria. They can then gauge a specific property that is correlated with the bacteria's own ability to process electricity. They say that this is called polarizability and it can be used to assess how much electricity a bacteria can produce. It does this in a much more efficient manner when compared to other types of bacteria and it is fantastic to see that progress like this is being made.

Only time will tell how this bacteria can be used. If this bacteria can be harnessed however then it could lead to great things in the technical recruitment industry. It could also do a lot for the engineering recruitment industry as well.