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Intercellular wiring enables electron transfer between methanotrophic archaea and bacteria

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  • Gunter Wegener

    (Max-Planck Institute for Marine Microbiology
    MARUM, Center for Marine Environmental Sciences, University Bremen)

  • Viola Krukenberg

    (Max-Planck Institute for Marine Microbiology)

  • Dietmar Riedel

    (Max Planck Institute for Biophysical Chemistry)

  • Halina E. Tegetmeyer

    (Alfred Wegener Institute Helmholtz Center for Polar and Marine Research
    Center for Biotechnology, Bielefeld University)

  • Antje Boetius

    (Max-Planck Institute for Marine Microbiology
    MARUM, Center for Marine Environmental Sciences, University Bremen
    Alfred Wegener Institute Helmholtz Center for Polar and Marine Research)

Abstract

Marine anaerobic methanotrophic archaea and sulfate-reducing bacteria connect by pili-like nanowires, suggesting that direct interspecies exchange of electrons could be a fundamental mechanism in the anaerobic oxidation of methane.

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  • Gunter Wegener & Viola Krukenberg & Dietmar Riedel & Halina E. Tegetmeyer & Antje Boetius, 2015. "Intercellular wiring enables electron transfer between methanotrophic archaea and bacteria," Nature, Nature, vol. 526(7574), pages 587-590, October.
    • Handle: RePEc:nat:nature:v:526:y:2015:i:7574:d:10.1038_nature15733
    DOI: 10.1038/nature15733
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    2. Wood, Thomas K. & Gurgan, Ilke & Howley, Ethan T. & Riedel-Kruse, Ingmar H., 2023. "Converting methane into electricity and higher-value chemicals at scale via anaerobic microbial fuel cells," Renewable and Sustainable Energy Reviews, Elsevier, vol. 188(C).
    3. Daidai Wu & Tiantian Sun & Rui Xie & Mengdi Pan & Xuegang Chen & Ying Ye & Lihua Liu & Nengyou Wu, 2019. "Characteristics of Authigenic Minerals around the Sulfate-Methane Transition Zone in the Methane-Rich Sediments of the Northern South China Sea: Inorganic Geochemical Evidence," IJERPH, MDPI, vol. 16(13), pages 1-18, June.
    4. Pilar C. Portela & Catharine C. Shipps & Cong Shen & Vishok Srikanth & Carlos A. Salgueiro & Nikhil S. Malvankar, 2024. "Widespread extracellular electron transfer pathways for charging microbial cytochrome OmcS nanowires via periplasmic cytochromes PpcABCDE," Nature Communications, Nature, vol. 15(1), pages 1-13, December.
    5. Rui Xie & Daidai Wu & Jie Liu & Tiantian Sun & Lihua Liu & Nengyou Wu, 2019. "Geochemical Evidence of Metal-Driven Anaerobic Oxidation of Methane in the Shenhu Area, the South China Sea," IJERPH, MDPI, vol. 16(19), pages 1-17, September.
    6. Marie C. Schoelmerich & Lynn Ly & Jacob West-Roberts & Ling-Dong Shi & Cong Shen & Nikhil S. Malvankar & Najwa Taib & Simonetta Gribaldo & Ben J. Woodcroft & Christopher W. Schadt & Basem Al-Shayeb & , 2024. "Borg extrachromosomal elements of methane-oxidizing archaea have conserved and expressed genetic repertoires," Nature Communications, Nature, vol. 15(1), pages 1-17, December.
    7. Wang, Zixin & Wang, Tengfei & Si, Buchun & Watson, Jamison & Zhang, Yuanhui, 2021. "Accelerating anaerobic digestion for methane production: Potential role of direct interspecies electron transfer," Renewable and Sustainable Energy Reviews, Elsevier, vol. 145(C).

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