Closing the genome of unculturable cable bacteria using a combined metagenomic assembly of long and short sequencing reads. [PDF]
Microb GenomMany environmentally relevant micro-organisms cannot be cultured, and even with the latest metagenomic approaches, achieving complete genomes for specific target organisms of interest remains a challenge.
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Interaction of living cable bacteria with carbon electrodes in bioelectrochemical systems. [PDF]
Appl Environ MicrobiolCable bacteria are filamentous bacteria that couple the oxidation of sulfide in sediments to the reduction of oxygen via long-distance electron transport over centimeter distances through periplasmic wires.
Bonné R +6 more
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Microbial succession in a marine sediment: Inferring interspecific microbial interactions with marine cable bacteria. [PDF]
Environ Microbiol, 2022 Cable bacteria are long, filamentous, multicellular bacteria that grow in marine sediments and couple sulfide oxidation to oxygen reduction over centimetre‐scale distances via long‐distance electron transport.
Liau P, Kim C, Saxton MA, Malkin SY.
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Effect of salinity on cable bacteria species composition and diversity. [PDF]
Environ Microbiol, 2021 Summary Cable bacteria (CB) are Desulfobulbaceae that couple sulphide oxidation to oxygen reduction over centimetre distances by mediating electric currents.
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Temperature-Dependent Characterization of Long-Range Conduction in Conductive Protein Fibers of Cable Bacteria. [PDF]
ACS NanoMulticellular cable bacteria display an exceptional form of biological conduction, channeling electric currents across centimeter distances through a regular network of protein fibers embedded in the cell envelope.
van der Veen JR +7 more
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Closed genomes uncover a saltwater species of Candidatus Electronema and shed new light on the boundary between marine and freshwater cable bacteria. [PDF]
ISME J, 2023 Cable bacteria of the Desulfobulbaceae family are centimeter-long filamentous bacteria, which are capable of conducting long-distance electron transfer.
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Inducing the attachment of cable bacteria on oxidizing electrodes [PDF]
Biogeosciences, 2020 Cable bacteria (CB) are multicellular, filamentous bacteria within the family of Desulfobulbaceae that transfer electrons longitudinally from cell to cell to couple sulfide oxidation and oxygen reduction in surficial aquatic sediments.
C. Li, C. E. Reimers, Y. Alleau
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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.
Cheng Li +2 more
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Cell Cycle, Filament Growth and Synchronized Cell Division in Multicellular Cable Bacteria [PDF]
Frontiers in Microbiology, 2021 Cable bacteria are multicellular, Gram-negative filamentous bacteria that display a unique division of metabolic labor between cells. Cells in deeper sediment layers are oxidizing sulfide, while cells in the surface layers of the sediment are reducing ...
Nicole M. J. Geerlings +9 more
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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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