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https://doi.org/10.5194/bg-17-5919-2020
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https://doi.org/10.5194/bg-17-5919-2020
© Author(s) 2020. This work is distributed under
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the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 License.
Research article
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02 Dec 2020
Research article |
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| 02 Dec 2020
Biogeochemical impact of cable bacteria on coastal Black Sea sediment
Martijn Hermans
CORRESPONDING AUTHOR
Department of Earth Sciences, Faculty of Geosciences, Utrecht University, 3584 CB Utrecht, the Netherlands
now at: Aquatic Biogeochemistry Research Unit (ABRU), Ecosystems and Environment Research Programme, Faculty of Biological and Environmental Sciences, University of Helsinki, 00790 Helsinki, Finland
Nils Risgaard-Petersen
Center for Geomicrobiology, Section for Microbiology, Department of
Bioscience, Aarhus University, 8000 Aarhus, Denmark
Center for Electromicrobiology, Section for Microbiology, Department of Bioscience, Aarhus University, 8000 Aarhus, Denmark
Filip J. R. Meysman
Centre of Excellence for Microbial Systems Technology, Department of Biology, University of Antwerp, 2610 Wilrijk, Belgium
Department of Biotechnology, Delft University of Technology, 2629 HZ Delft, the Netherlands
Caroline P. Slomp
Department of Earth Sciences, Faculty of Geosciences, Utrecht University, 3584 CB Utrecht, the Netherlands
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- Coupled dynamics of iron, manganese, and phosphorus in brackish coastal sediments populated by cable bacteria M. Hermans et al. https://doi.org/10.1002/lno.11776
- Cable bacteria regulate sedimentary phosphorus release in freshwater sediments X. Xu et al. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.watres.2023.120218
- Using Oxidative Electrodes to Enrich Novel Members in the Desulfobulbaceae Family from Intertidal Sediments C. Li et al. https://doi.org/10.3390/microorganisms9112329
- Biogeochemical impacts of fish farming on coastal sediments: Insights into the functional role of cable bacteria D. Vasquez-Cardenas et al. https://doi.org/10.3389/fmicb.2022.1034401
- A historical record of benthic foraminifera in seasonally anoxic Lake Grevelingen, the Netherlands J. Richirt et al. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.palaeo.2022.111057
- Cable bacteria activity and impacts in Fe and Mn depleted carbonate sediments H. Yin et al. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.marchem.2022.104176
- Increasing the availability of oxygen promotes the metabolic activities and population growth of cable bacteria in freshwater sediments S. Huo et al. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jhydrol.2022.127666
- Microbial succession in a marine sediment: Inferring interspecific microbial interactions with marine cable bacteria P. Liau et al. https://doi.org/10.1111/1462-2920.16230
- Intensified water column hypoxia drives disproportionate benthic P release and N:P imbalance via enhanced sedimentary sulfate reduction S. Baek et al. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.marpolbul.2026.119446
- Cable bacteria: Living electrical conduits for biogeochemical cycling and water environment restoration X. Xiong et al. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.watres.2024.121345
- Cable bacteria: widespread filamentous electroactive microorganisms protecting environments M. Dong et al. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.tim.2023.12.001
- A niche for diverse cable bacteria in continental margin sediments overlain by oxygen-deficient waters C. Slomp et al. https://doi.org/10.5194/bg-22-4885-2025
- Evidence for cable bacteria inhabiting deep in anoxic sediment reveals a novel ecological niche A. Fonseca et al. https://doi.org/10.1186/s40793-026-00895-7
- Effects of sulfide availability on the metabolic activity and population dynamics of cable bacteria in freshwater sediment X. Xu et al. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.scitotenv.2021.151817
- Sediment Nutrient Flux Rates in a Shallow, Turbid Lake Are More Dependent on Water Quality Than Lake Depth J. Evans et al. https://doi.org/10.3390/w13101344
- Critical insight into sediment microbial fuel cell: Fundamentals, challenges, and perspectives as a barrier to black-odor water formation U. Danhassan et al. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jece.2022.109098
- Electrogenic sulfur oxidation by cable bacteria in two seasonally hypoxic coastal systems L. Burdorf et al. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ecss.2024.108615
- Foraminiferal test dissolution reveals severe sediment acidification in estuarine mudflats: new perspectives for present and historical assessment M. Fouet et al. https://doi.org/10.5802/crgeos.269
- Sedimentary molybdenum and uranium: Improving proxies for deoxygenation in coastal depositional environments K. Paul et al. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.chemgeo.2022.121203
- Multidisciplinary methodologies used in the study of cable bacteria M. Wawryk et al. https://doi.org/10.1093/femsre/fuae030
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This paper demonstrates that the recently discovered cable bacteria are capable of using a mineral, known as siderite, as a source for the formation of iron oxides. This work also demonstrates that the activity of cable bacteria can lead to a distinct subsurface layer in the sediment that can be used as a marker for their activity.
This paper demonstrates that the recently discovered cable bacteria are capable of using a...
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