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Jamie Lustermans

@jlustermans.bsky.social

Marie Sklodowska Curie Postdoc at University of Antwerp working on bacteria that exchange electrons with each other amongst others (cable bacteria, Microbacterium deferre,..)

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Jamie Lustermans @jlustermans.bsky.social · 11/07/2025

After an interesting and very exciting journey with my friends, we showed that this little guy (Microbacterium deferred A1-JK) not only produces electricity but also does it while breathing oxygen and uses a cross-Gram (Gram- &Gram+ genes combined) hybrid mechanism to do this ⚡🦠.

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Kartik Aiyer @kartiksaiyer.bsky.social · 10/07/2025

If you are interested in reading the "Behind the paper"story of how we discovered this electroactive microbe and simultaneous aerobic-anaerobic respiration, have a look at our blog post in the Nature Research Communities here: communities.springernature.com/posts/simult...

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Simultaneous aerobic-anaerobic respiration: A microbial tale from the mud

A yellow colony from muddy sediments revealed something unexpected: a Gram-positive bacterium capable of respiring both iron and oxygen simultaneously. What started as a side project turned into a sto...

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