ArticleApplied and environmental microbiology2016
Motility of Electric Cable Bacteria.
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- Highly efficient long-range conduction through a biosynthetic nickel-organic framework.Nature communications · 2026Article
- Evidence for cable bacteria inhabiting deep in anoxic sediment reveals a novel ecological niche.Environmental microbiome · 2026Article
- Artificial sediments enable reproducible cultivation and recapitulate ecological interactions of cable bacteria.ISME communications · 2026Article
- Inactive "Ghost" Cells Do Not Affect Motility and Long-Range Electron Transport in Filamentous Cable Bacteria.Environmental microbiology · 2025Article
- Multidisciplinary methodologies used in the study of cable bacteria.FEMS microbiology reviews · 2025Review
- End-to-end contact enables long-distance electron transport between filaments in cable bacteria.The ISME journal · 2025Article
- Cable Bacteria and Their Biotechnological Application.Advances in biochemical engineering/biotechnology · 2025Review
- Interaction of living cable bacteria with carbon electrodes in bioelectrochemical systems.Applied and environmental microbiology · 2024Article
- Electrogenic sulfur oxidation mediated by cable bacteria and its ecological effects.Environmental science and ecotechnology · 2024Review
- Cable bacteria with electric connection to oxygen attract flocks of diverse bacteria.Nature communications · 2023Article
- Microbial succession in a marine sediment: Inferring interspecific microbial interactions with marine cable bacteria.Environmental microbiology · 2022Article
- Dissimilatory nitrate reduction by a freshwater cable bacterium.The ISME journal · 2022Article
- Polyphosphate Dynamics in Cable Bacteria.Frontiers in microbiology · 2022Article
- Biogeochemical impacts of fish farming on coastal sediments: Insights into the functional role of cable bacteria.Frontiers in microbiology · 2022Article
- Cable bacteria at oxygen-releasing roots of aquatic plants: a widespread and diverse plant-microbe association.The New phytologist · 2021Article
- Using Oxidative Electrodes to Enrich Novel Members in theMicroorganisms · 2021Article
- The dynamics of cable bacteria colonization in surface sediments: a 2D view.Scientific reports · 2021Article
- Pathogens electrogenicity as a tool for in-situ metabolic activity monitoring and drug assessment in biofilms.iScience · 2021Review
- Oxygen consumption of individual cable bacteria.Science advances · 2021Article
- Cell Cycle, Filament Growth and Synchronized Cell Division in Multicellular Cable Bacteria.Frontiers in microbiology · 2021Article
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Abstract
unlabelledCable bacteria are filamentous bacteria that electrically couple sulfide oxidation and oxygen reduction at centimeter distances, and observations in sediment environments have suggested that they are motile. By time-lapse microscopy, we found that cable bacteria used gliding motility on surfaces with a highly variable speed of 0.5 ± 0.3 μm s(-1) (mean ± standard deviation) and time between reversals of 155 ± 108 s. They frequently moved forward in loops, and formation of twisted loops revealed helical rotation of the filaments. Cable bacteria responded to chemical gradients in their environment, and around the oxic-anoxic interface, they curled and piled up, with straight parts connecting back to the source of sulfide. Thus, it appears that motility serves the cable bacteria in establishing and keeping optimal connections between their distant electron donor and acceptors in a dynamic sediment environment. IMPORTANCE: This study reports on the motility of cable bacteria, capable of transmitting electrons over centimeter distances. It gives us a new insight into their behavior in sediments and explains previously puzzling findings. Cable bacteria greatly influence their environment, and this article adds significantly to the body of knowledge about this organism.
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