Cable bacteria: widespread filamentous electroactive microorganisms protecting environments

M Dong, LP Nielsen, S Yang, LH Klausen, M Xu - Trends in microbiology, 2024 - cell.com
Cable bacteria have been identified and detected worldwide since their discovery in marine
sediments in Aarhus Bay, Denmark. Their activity can account for the majority of oxygen …

Effect and mechanism of simultaneous cadmium-tetracycline removal by a self-assembled microbial-photocatalytic coupling system

Y Wang, H Qiu, H Niu, H Liu, J Liu, Y Jia, H Ma… - Journal of Hazardous …, 2023 - Elsevier
Electrochemical bacteria Shewanella oneidensis MR-4 (MR-4) was used to biologically
generate cadmium sulfide (bio-CdS) nanocrystals and construct a self-assembled intimately …

Cable bacteria extend the impacts of elevated dissolved oxygen into anoxic sediments

F Liu, Z Wang, B Wu, JT Bjerg, W Hu, X Guo… - The ISME …, 2021 - academic.oup.com
Profound biogeochemical responses of anoxic sediments to the fluctuation of dissolved
oxygen (DO) concentration in overlaying water are often observed, despite oxygen having a …

Cable bacteria: Living electrical conduits for biogeochemical cycling and water environment restoration

X Xiong, Y Li, C Zhang - Water Research, 2024 - Elsevier
Since the discovery of multicellular cable bacteria in marine sediments in 2012, they have
attracted widespread attention and interest due to their unprecedented ability to generate …

Electrogenic sulfide oxidation mediated by cable bacteria stimulates sulfate reduction in freshwater sediments

T Sandfeld, U Marzocchi, C Petro, A Schramm… - The ISME …, 2020 - academic.oup.com
Cable bacteria are filamentous members of the Desulfobulbaceae family that oxidize sulfide
with oxygen or nitrate by transferring electrons over centimeter distances in sediments …

Cable bacteria at oxygen‐releasing roots of aquatic plants: a widespread and diverse plant–microbe association

VV Scholz, BC Martin, R Meyer, A Schramm… - New …, 2021 - Wiley Online Library
Cable bacteria are sulfide‐oxidising, filamentous bacteria that reduce toxic sulfide levels,
suppress methane emissions and drive nutrient and carbon cycling in sediments. Recently …

Effects of cable bacteria on vertical redox profile formation and phenanthrene biodegradation in intertidal sediment responded to tide

X Yang, Y Li, J Pu, Y Huang, T Luan, M Xu - Water Research, 2024 - Elsevier
Periodic oxygen permeation is critical for pollutant removal within intertidal sediments.
However, tidal effects on the vertical redox profile associated with cable bacterial activity is …

An ordered and fail‐safe electrical network in cable bacteria

R Thiruvallur Eachambadi, R Bonné… - Advanced …, 2020 - Wiley Online Library
Cable bacteria are an emerging class of electroactive organisms that sustain unprecedented
long‐range electron transport across centimeter‐scale distances. The local pathways of the …

Cable bacteria regulate sedimentary phosphorus release in freshwater sediments

X Xu, N Weng, H Zhang, SJ van de Velde, M Hermans… - Water Research, 2023 - Elsevier
Previous studies have demonstrated that e-SO x can regulate the sedimentary release of
phosphorus (P) in brackish and marine sediments. When e-SO x is active, an iron (Fe) and …

Transient bottom water oxygenation creates a niche for cable bacteria in long‐term anoxic sediments of the Eastern Gotland Basin

U Marzocchi, S Bonaglia… - Environmental …, 2018 - Wiley Online Library
Cable bacteria have been reported in sediments from marine and freshwater locations, but
the environmental factors that regulate their growth in natural settings are not well …