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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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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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