Bacteria charge effects

Thomas That is not absolutely true. In bacteria, if you change the energy charge you see a direct effect on translation and ribosome biosynthesis. As soon as ATP drops, ribosomal RNA synthesis decreases but not transcription of other genes. 

We have seen that, in photosynthetic bacteria, visible light is harvested by the antenna complexes, from which the collected energy is funnelled into the special pair in the reaction centre. A series of electron-transfer steps occurs, producing a charge-separated state across the photosynthetic membrane with a quantum efficiency approaching 100%. The nano-sized structure of this solar energy-conversion system has led researchers over the past two decades to try to imitate the effects that occur in nature. 

In another study, researchers added buckyballs to soils containing healthy bacteria. After 180 days, scientists analyzed the soil and found that the buckyballs had had no effect on the soil bacteria. They suspect that the negatively charged buckyballs were attracted to various positively charged material in the soil and did not enter the bacterial cells. 

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