Polyphosphate Dynamics in Cable Bacteria [PDF]
Frontiers in Microbiology, 2022 Cable bacteria are multicellular sulfide oxidizing bacteria that display a unique metabolism based on long-distance electron transport. Cells in deeper sediment layers perform the sulfide oxidizing half-reaction whereas cells in the surface layers of the
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Oxygen consumption of individual cable bacteria. [PDF]
Sci Adv, 2021 Oxygen reduction in a cable bacterium is condensed in a few terminal cells, while the rest of the filament lives oxygen free. The electric wires of cable bacteria possibly support a unique respiration mode with a few oxygen-reducing cells flaring off ...
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Quantification of Cable Bacteria in Marine Sediments via qPCR [PDF]
Frontiers in Microbiology, 2020 Cable bacteria (Deltaproteobacteria, Desulfobulbaceae) are long filamentous sulfur-oxidizing bacteria that generate long-distance electric currents running through the bacterial filaments. This way, they couple the oxidation of sulfide in deeper sediment
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Towards bioprocess engineering of cable bacteria: Establishment of a synthetic sediment [PDF]
MicrobiologyOpenCable bacteria, characterized by their multicellular filamentous growth, are prevalent in both freshwater and marine sediments. They possess the unique ability to transport electrons over distances of centimeters.
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Multidisciplinary methodologies used in the study of cable bacteria. [PDF]
FEMS Microbiol RevCable bacteria are a unique type of filamentous microorganism that can grow up to centimetres long and are capable of long-distance electron transport over their entire lengths. Due to their unique metabolism and conductive capacities, the study of cable
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Multi-wavelength Raman microscopy of nickel-based electron transport in cable bacteria [PDF]
Frontiers in MicrobiologyCable bacteria embed a network of conductive protein fibers in their cell envelope that efficiently guides electron transport over distances spanning up to several centimeters.
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Cable bacteria delay euxinia and modulate phosphorus release in coastal hypoxic systems [PDF]
Royal Society Open ScienceCable bacteria are long, filamentous bacteria with a unique metabolism involving centimetre-scale electron transport. They are widespread in the sediment of seasonally hypoxic systems and their metabolic activity stimulates the dissolution of iron ...
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Emerging research on characterizing the potential of cable bacteria for CH4 mitigation
Ecological IndicatorsMethane (CH4) contributes an essential portion for global warming as a pivotal greenhouse gas. Microorganisms are identified as an effective way to mediate and control CH4 emission.
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On the evolution and physiology of cable bacteria [PDF]
Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America, 2019 Cable bacteria of the family Desulfobulbaceae form centimeter-long filaments comprising thousands of cells. They occur worldwide in the surface of aquatic sediments, where they connect sulfide oxidation with oxygen or nitrate reduction via long-distance electron transport.
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Inactive "Ghost" Cells Do Not Affect Motility and Long-Range Electron Transport in Filamentous Cable Bacteria. [PDF]
Environ MicrobiolCable bacteria are multicellular filamentous microorganisms that perform electrogenic sulphur oxidation over centimetre‐long distances. These filaments contain so‐called “ghost cells”, which display a highly reduced cytoplasmic content and a lack of ...
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