ArticleFrontiers in microbiology2017
The Identification of Cable Bacteria Attached to the Anode of a Benthic Microbial Fuel Cell: Evidence of Long Distance Extracellular Electron Transport to Electrodes.
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- Extracellular electron transfer in cable bacteria enables growth rates comparable to aerobic respiration.Nature communications · 2026Article
- A novel cable bacteria species with a distinct morphology and genomic potential.Applied and environmental microbiology · 2025Article
- Multidisciplinary methodologies used in the study of cable bacteria.FEMS microbiology reviews · 2025Review
- Microbial fuel cells to monitor natural attenuation around groundwater plumes.Environmental science and pollution research international · 2025Article
- Groundwater electro-bioremediation via diffuse electro-conductive zones: A critical review.Environmental science and ecotechnology · 2025Review
- Review: can bioelectrochemical sensors be used to monitor soil microbiome activity and fertility?Current opinion in biotechnology · 2024Review
- 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
- Electron Transfer in the Biogeochemical Sulfur Cycle.Life (Basel, Switzerland) · 2024Review
- Electromicrobiological concentration cells are an overlooked potential energy conservation mechanism for subsurface microorganisms.Frontiers in microbiology · 2024Article
- Bioenergy Generation and Phenol Degradation through Microbial Fuel Cells Energized by Domestic Organic Waste.Molecules (Basel, Switzerland) · 2023Article
- Microbial succession in a marine sediment: Inferring interspecific microbial interactions with marine cable bacteria.Environmental microbiology · 2022Article
- Local fruit wastes driven benthic microbial fuel cell: a sustainable approach to toxic metal removal and bioelectricity generation.Environmental science and pollution research international · 2022Article
- Microbial Electrochemical Technologies for Sustainable Nitrogen Removal in Marine and Coastal Environments.International journal of environmental research and public health · 2022Review
- 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
- 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
- Wiring Up Along Electrodes for Biofilm Formation.Frontiers in microbiology · 2021Article
- Cell Cycle, Filament Growth and Synchronized Cell Division in Multicellular Cable Bacteria.Frontiers in microbiology · 2021Article
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Abstract
Multicellular, filamentous, sulfur-oxidizing bacteria, known as cable bacteria, were discovered attached to fibers of a carbon brush electrode serving as an anode of a benthic microbial fuel cell (BMFC). The BMFC had been operated in a temperate estuarine environment for over a year before collecting anode samples for scanning electron microscopy and phylogenetic analyses. Individual filaments were attached by single terminus cells with networks of pilus-like nano-filaments radiating out from these cells, across the anode fiber surface, and between adjacent attachment locations. Current harvesting by the BMFC poised the anode at potentials of ~170-250 mV vs. SHE, and these surface potentials appear to have allowed the cable bacteria to use the anode as an electron acceptor in a completely anaerobic environment. A combination of catalyzed reporter deposition fluorescent
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