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It's good to see you again, Hydromancerx.

If it's genus a group, shouldn't it be "Electinus spp."?

There are some formatting errors, such as not italicizing "Shewanella oneidnsis" and choppy sentences that lack commas.

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Electini are considered a DMRM (Dissimilatory Metal-Reducing Microorganisms). DMRMs are microorganisms that can perform anaerobic respiration utilizing a metal as terminal electron acceptor rather than molecular oxygen (O2), which is the terminal electron acceptor reduced to water (H2O) in aerobic respiration. The most common metals used for this end are iron [Fe(III)] and manganese [Mn(IV)], which are reduced to Fe(II) and Mn(II) respectively, and most microorganisms that reduce Fe(III) can reduce Mn(IV) as well. But in Electini they specialize in Manganese. In simple term they "eat and breathe" electricity from heavy metals.

Now this paragraph is exactly what I was looking for for my rustcells. I may have to copy it in a minor way.

The scientific name should be Electinius ssp.