{"id":677317,"date":"2010-02-27T02:57:34","date_gmt":"2010-02-27T07:57:34","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/itecsinsider.com\/?p=14069"},"modified":"2026-10-04T11:01:33","modified_gmt":"2026-10-04T15:01:33","slug":"the-real-avatar-ocean-bacteria-act-as-superorganism","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mereja.com\/index\/677317","title":{"rendered":"The Real Avatar: Ocean Bacteria Act As \u2018Superorganism\u2019"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"margin: 6pt 0in;\"><span style=\"font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%; font-family: &quot;Times New Roman&quot;,&quot;serif&quot;;\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-full wp-image-14070\" style=\"margin: 0px 10px;\" title=\"Avatar\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/itecsinsider.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/02\/Avatar.jpg?resize=91%2C74\" alt=\"Avatar\" width=\"91\" height=\"74\" \/>By Catherine Brahic<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"margin: 6pt 0in;\"><span style=\"font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%; font-family: &quot;Times New Roman&quot;,&quot;serif&quot;;\">(New Scientist, February 24, 2010) In the movie Avatar, the Na&#8217;vi people of Pandora plug themselves into a network that links all elements of the biosphere, from phosphorescent plants to pterodactyl-like birds. It turns out that Pandora&#8217;s interconnected ecosystem may have a parallel back on Earth: sulphur-eating bacteria that live in muddy sediments beneath the sea floor.\u00a0 Some researchers believe that bacteria in ocean sediments are connected by a network of microbial nanowires. These fine protein filaments could shuttle electrons back and forth, allowing communities of bacteria to act as one super-organism. Now Lars Peter Nielsen of Aarhus University in Denmark and his team have found tantalising evidence to support this controversial theory.  <a href=\"http:\/\/www.newscientist.com\/article\/mg20527493.800-the-real-avatar-ocean-bacteria-act-as-superorganism.html\" >Click here to read more&#8230;<\/a><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>By Catherine Brahic (New Scientist, February 24, 2010) In the movie Avatar, the Na&#8217;vi people of Pandora plug themselves into a network that links all elements of the biosphere, from phosphorescent plants to pterodactyl-like birds. It turns out that Pandora&#8217;s interconnected ecosystem may have a parallel back on Earth: sulphur-eating bacteria that live in muddy [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":288,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"advanced_seo_description":"","jetpack_seo_html_title":"","jetpack_seo_noindex":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[4821],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-677317","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-news"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p9NivD-2Qct","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/mereja.com\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/677317","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/mereja.com\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/mereja.com\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mereja.com\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/288"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mereja.com\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=677317"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/mereja.com\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/677317\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":778736,"href":"https:\/\/mereja.com\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/677317\/revisions\/778736"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/mereja.com\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=677317"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mereja.com\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=677317"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mereja.com\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=677317"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}