Long-distance electron transport occurs globally in marine sediments

Burdorf, Laurine D. W.; Tramper, Anton; Seitaj, Dorina; Meire, Lorenz; Hidalgo-Martinez, Silvia; Zetsche, Eva-Maria; Boschker, Henricus T. S.; Meysman, Filip J. R.

doi:https://doi.org/10.5194/bg-14-683-2017

Articles | Volume 14, issue 3

https://doi.org/10.5194/bg-14-683-2017

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https://doi.org/10.5194/bg-14-683-2017

© Author(s) 2017. This work is distributed under
the Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 License.

Articles | Volume 14, issue 3

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10 Feb 2017

Research article |

| 10 Feb 2017

Long-distance electron transport occurs globally in marine sediments

Laurine D. W. Burdorf, Anton Tramper, Dorina Seitaj, Lorenz Meire, Silvia Hidalgo-Martinez, Eva-Maria Zetsche, Henricus T. S. Boschker, and Filip J. R. Meysman

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RC1: 'Review of Burdorf et al. Long-distance electron transport occurs globally in marine sediments', Anonymous Referee #1, 29 Sep 2016
RC2: 'Comments on: “Long-distance electron transport occurs globally in marine sediments”', Clare Reimers, 19 Oct 2016
RC3: 'Review for Biogeoscience bg-2016-362 by Burdorf et al.', Anonymous Referee #3, 27 Oct 2016
AC1: 'Reply to reviewers' comments', Laurine Burdorf, 17 Nov 2016

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ED: Publish subject to minor revisions (Editor review) (19 Nov 2016) by Gerhard Herndl

AR by Laurine Burdorf on behalf of the Authors (28 Nov 2016) Author's response Manuscript

ED: Publish as is (08 Dec 2016) by Gerhard Herndl

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Recently, long filamentous bacteria have been reported to conduct electrons over centimetre distances in marine sediments. These so-called cable bacteria have an electricity-based metabolism, effectively turning the seafloor into a natural battery. In this study we demonstrate a global occurrence of these cable bacteria in marine sediments, spanning a large range of climate zones (off Greenland, the USA, Australia, the Netherlands) and a large range of coastal habitats.