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
NIOZ Royal Netherlands Institute for Sea Research, Department of Estuarine and Delta Systems, and Utrecht University, Korringaweg 7, 4401 NT Yerseke, the Netherlands
Anton Tramper
NIOZ Royal Netherlands Institute for Sea Research, Department of Estuarine and Delta Systems, and Utrecht University, Korringaweg 7, 4401 NT Yerseke, the Netherlands
Dorina Seitaj
NIOZ Royal Netherlands Institute for Sea Research, Department of Estuarine and Delta Systems, and Utrecht University, Korringaweg 7, 4401 NT Yerseke, the Netherlands
Department of Analytical, Environmental and Geo-Chemistry, Vrije Universiteit Brussel, Pleinlaan 2, 1050 Brussels, Belgium
Greenland Institute of Natural Resources, Greenland Climate Research Centre, P.O. Box 570, Kivioq 5, 3900 Nuuk, Greenland
Arctic Research Centre, Aarhus University, 8000 Aarhus, Denmark
Silvia Hidalgo-Martinez
NIOZ Royal Netherlands Institute for Sea Research, Department of Estuarine and Delta Systems, and Utrecht University, Korringaweg 7, 4401 NT Yerseke, the Netherlands
Eva-Maria Zetsche
NIOZ Royal Netherlands Institute for Sea Research, Department of Estuarine and Delta Systems, and Utrecht University, Korringaweg 7, 4401 NT Yerseke, the Netherlands
Department of Marine Sciences, University of Gothenburg, Carl Skottsberg gata 22B, 41319 Gothenburg, Sweden
Henricus T. S. Boschker
NIOZ Royal Netherlands Institute for Sea Research, Department of Estuarine and Delta Systems, and Utrecht University, Korringaweg 7, 4401 NT Yerseke, the Netherlands
Filip J. R. Meysman
NIOZ Royal Netherlands Institute for Sea Research, Department of Estuarine and Delta Systems, and Utrecht University, Korringaweg 7, 4401 NT Yerseke, the Netherlands
Department of Analytical, Environmental and Geo-Chemistry, Vrije Universiteit Brussel, Pleinlaan 2, 1050 Brussels, Belgium
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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.
Recently, long filamentous bacteria have been reported to conduct electrons over centimetre...
