Abstract：
:Recently, a new group of multicellular microorganisms was discovered, called 'cable bacteria', which are capable of generating and mediating electrical currents across centimetre-scale distances. By transporting electrons from cell to cell, cable bacteria can harvest electron donors and electron acceptors that are widely separated in space, thus providing them with a competitive advantage for survival in aquatic sediments. The underlying process of long-distance electron transport challenges some long-held ideas about the energy metabolism of multicellular organisms and entails a whole new type of electrical cooperation between cells. This review summarizes the current knowledge about these intriguing multicellular bacteria.
journal_name
Trends Microbioljournal_title
Trends in microbiologyauthors
Meysman FJRdoi
10.1016/j.tim.2017.10.011subject
Has Abstractpub_date
2018-05-01 00:00:00pages
411-422issue
5eissn
0966-842Xissn
1878-4380pii
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26pub_type
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