Recent work by Aiyer and colleagues demonstrates that cable bacteria can conserve energy and grow under anoxic conditions by transferring electrons to electrodes via extracellular electron transfer. T...

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The scientific conference was invented to solve a transport problem we no longer have. What is it for now?

Scientists once thought that life-sustaining oxygen existed only near Earth’s surface. Then they detected it deep underground.

Abstract. Cable bacteria are filamentous microbes that couple sulfide oxidation to oxygen reduction over centimeter distances via long-distance electron tr

Abstract. Ferdinand Cohn observed abundant filamentous bacteria in drinking water wells in 1870 that he named Crenothrix polyspora. Subsequent research has

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Microbial species exist as discrete genomic clusters, and evidence of this is the well-documented discontinuity in average nucleotide identity distributions—the ANI gap. Today, thresholds within...

Acetate is a central intermediate in the anaerobic breakdown of organic matter. In Baltic Sea sediments at and below the sulfate–methane transition zone, we observed acetate oxidation to carbon dioxid...

Abstract. Microbial sulfur cycling is typically divided into an oxidative and a reductive branch, with microbes driving either sulfide oxidation or sulfate

In this study, the authors show that cable bacteria perform extracellular electron transfer via direct and flavin-mediated pathways, which enables growth under anoxic conditions at rates comparable to...

Carbon comproportionation reactions are an underexplored class of carbon redox processes relevant to microbial energy conservation Methane-carbon monoxide comproportionation to acetate is exergon...

In this study, the authors show that cable bacteria perform extracellular electron transfer via direct and flavin-mediated pathways, which enables growth under anoxic conditions at rates comparable to...

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We invite applications for a PhD student to work on the microbiomes of crustose coralline algae (CCA) across tropical mangrove–seagrass–reef corridors.

Do you want to lead the development of bioinformatics infrastructure for a state-of-the-art research laboratory dedicated to exploring the amazingly abundant and diverse life of environmental microorg

Microorganisms have historically been classified as obligate aerobes or anaerobes, facultative anaerobes, or microaerophiles, reflecting differences i…

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Oxygen levels are low in many ocean regions. How does this affect organic matter cycling and microorganisms? In search of an answer, biogeochemist Gonzalo Gomez Saez journeyed by ship to Jutland.

Oxygen levels are low in many ocean regions. How does this affect organic matter cycling and microorganisms? In search of an answer, biogeochemist Gonzalo Gomez Saez journeyed by ship to Jutland.

The anaerobic conversion of organic matter to methane and carbon dioxide typically relies on obligate syntrophic interactions between bacteria and ...

#FEMSmicroBlog: So-called “microbial methane munchers” have the unique abilities to lower methane emissions from various ecosystems.

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