Cable bacteria with electric connection to oxygen attract flocks of diverse bacteria

Cable bacteria are centimeter-long filamentous microbes that conduct electrons via internal wires, thus coupling sulfide oxidation between sediment layers. Here, Bjerg et al. show that the anoxic part of oxygen-respiring cable bacteria attracts swarms of other bacteria, which appear to transfer elec...

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Main Authors: Jesper J. Bjerg, Jamie J. M. Lustermans, Ian P. G. Marshall, Anna J. Mueller, Signe Brokjær, Casper A. Thorup, Paula Tataru, Markus Schmid, Michael Wagner, Lars Peter Nielsen, Andreas Schramm
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Nature Portfolio 2023-03-01
Series:Nature Communications
Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-023-37272-8