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Mineral formation induced by cable bacteria performing long-distance electron transport in marine sediments
Nicole M. J. Geerlings
CORRESPONDING AUTHOR
Department of Earth Sciences, Utrecht University, Princetonplein 8a,
3584 CB Utrecht, the Netherlands
Eva-Maria Zetsche
Department of Marine Sciences, University of Gothenburg, Carl
Skottsberg gata 22B, 41319 Gothenburg, Sweden
Department of Estuarine and Delta Systems, Royal Netherlands Institute
for Sea Research, Utrecht University, Korringaweg 7, 4401 NT Yerseke, the
Netherlands
Silvia Hidalgo-Martinez
Department of Biology, Ecosystem Management Research Group,
Universiteit Antwerpen, Universiteitsplein 1, 2160 Antwerp, Belgium
Jack J. Middelburg
Department of Earth Sciences, Utrecht University, Princetonplein 8a,
3584 CB Utrecht, the Netherlands
Filip J. R. Meysman
Department of Biology, Ecosystem Management Research Group,
Universiteit Antwerpen, Universiteitsplein 1, 2160 Antwerp, Belgium
Department of Biotechnology, Delft University of Technology, Van der
Maasweg 9, 2629 HZ Delft, the Netherlands
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- Cable bacteria activity and impacts in Fe and Mn depleted carbonate sediments H. Yin et al. 10.1016/j.marchem.2022.104176
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- On the evolution and physiology of cable bacteria K. Kjeldsen et al. 10.1073/pnas.1903514116
- Electron transfer in multicentre redox proteins: from fundamentals to extracellular electron transfer B. Bayar et al. 10.1042/BSR20240576
- Inactive “Ghost” Cells Do Not Affect Motility and Long‐Range Electron Transport in Filamentous Cable Bacteria J. van Dijk et al. 10.1111/1462-2920.70117
- Towards bioprocess engineering of cable bacteria: Establishment of a synthetic sediment J. Stiefelmaier et al. 10.1002/mbo3.1412
- Division of labor and growth during electrical cooperation in multicellular cable bacteria N. Geerlings et al. 10.1073/pnas.1916244117
- Inducing the attachment of cable bacteria on oxidizing electrodes C. Li et al. 10.5194/bg-17-597-2020
- Kabelbakterien – Leben in Himmel und Hölle H. Engelhardt 10.1002/biuz.202070505
- Using Oxidative Electrodes to Enrich Novel Members in the Desulfobulbaceae Family from Intertidal Sediments C. Li et al. 10.3390/microorganisms9112329
- Microbiome analyses and presence of cable bacteria in the burrow sediment of Upogebia pugettensis C. Li et al. 10.3354/meps13421
- A novel cable bacteria species with a distinct morphology and genomic potential A. Hiralal et al. 10.1128/aem.02502-24
- Renewable energy driving microbial electrochemistry toward carbon neutral B. Wang et al. 10.1016/j.horiz.2022.100031
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Short summary
Multicellular cable bacteria form long filaments that can reach lengths of several centimeters. They affect the chemistry and mineralogy of their surroundings and vice versa. How the surroundings affect the cable bacteria is investigated. They show three different types of biomineral formation: (1) a polymer containing phosphorus in their cells, (2) a sheath of clay surrounding the surface of the filament and (3) the encrustation of a filament via a solid phase containing iron and phosphorus.
Multicellular cable bacteria form long filaments that can reach lengths of several centimeters....
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