Protocol for using autoclaved intertidal sediment as a medium to enrich marine cable bacteria [PDF]
STAR Protocols, 2022 Summary: Cable bacteria (CB) are non-isolated filamentous bacteria in the family of Desulfobulbaceae, known for fostering centimeter-long electron transfer in sediments with pronounced redox zonation.
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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 ...
Laurine D. W. Burdorf +3 more
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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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The rhizosphere of aquatic plants is a habitat for cable bacteria. [PDF]
FEMS Microbiol Ecol, 2019 Discovery of symbiotic interaction between cable bacteria and water ...
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Efficient long-range conduction in cable bacteria through nickel protein wires [PDF]
Nature Communications, 2021 Filamentous cable bacteria conduct electrical currents over centimeter distances through fibers embedded in their cell envelope. Here, Boschker et al. show that the fibers consist of a conductive core containing nickel proteins that is surrounded by an ...
Henricus T. S. Boschker +32 more
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Abundance and Biogeochemical Impact of Cable Bacteria in Baltic Sea Sediments [PDF]
Environmental Science & Technology, 2019 Oxygen depletion in coastal waters may lead to release of toxic sulfide from sediments. Cable bacteria can limit sulfide release by promoting iron oxide formation in sediments. Currently, it is unknown how widespread this phenomenon is. Here, we assess the abundance, activity, and biogeochemical impact of cable bacteria at 12 Baltic Sea sites.
Martijn Hermans +7 more
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Cable bacteria reduce methane emissions from rice-vegetated soils [PDF]
Nature Communications, 2020 Rice paddies are a major source of the Earth’s atmospheric methane, making these important food crops potent contributors to greenhouse gas emissions. Here the authors show that inoculation of paddies with a particular bacterium could significantly curb ...
Vincent V. Scholz +3 more
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Cable bacteria, living electrical conduits in the microbial world. [PDF]
Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A, 2019 Microorganisms spend their lives searching for chemical reactants that yield metabolically usable energy, one reactant providing electrons and the other accepting them in a redox reaction. In PNAS, Kjeldsen et al. (1) provide a comprehensive genomic and physiological analysis of bacteria that have evolved an ingenious solution to the persistent problem
Teske A.
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The life cycle of cable bacteria
Cable bacteria are multicellular filamentous microorganisms that perform electrogenic sulphur oxidation, coupling the oxidation of sulphide in deeper sediments to oxygen reduction at the sediment-water interface via long-distance electron transport. Despite reshaping our understanding of sedimentary microbial processes, key aspects of cable bacteria ...
van Dijk, Jesper
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Cable bacteria at oxygen‐releasing roots of aquatic plants: a widespread and diverse plant–microbe association [PDF]
New Phytologist, 2021 Vincent V Scholz +2 more
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