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SCIENCE ADVANCES
卷 7, 期 7, 页码 -出版社
AMER ASSOC ADVANCEMENT SCIENCE
DOI: 10.1126/sciadv.abe1870
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- center of excellence grant from the Danish National Research Foundation [DNRF136]
- Poul Due Jensen Foundation
- Sapere Aude grant from the Independent Research Fund Denmark (IRFD) [DFF-8048-00057B]
- Grundfos Foundation [2017-025]
Cable bacteria may support a unique respiration mode where a small number of cells flare off electrons while others utilize energy and grow without exposure to oxygen. This behavior, possibly involving intercellular electrical signaling, allows most cells to metabolize in the absence of oxidative stress while taking advantage of aerobic respiration.
The electric wires of cable bacteria possibly support a unique respiration mode with a few oxygen-reducing cells flaring off electrons, while oxidation of the electron donor and the associated energy conservation and growth is allocated to other cells not exposed to oxygen. Cable bacteria are centimeter-long, multicellular, filamentous Desulfobulbaceae that transport electrons across oxic-anoxic interfaces in aquatic sediments. From observed distortions of the oxic-anoxic interface, we derived oxygen consumption rates of individual cable bacteria and found biomass-specific rates of unheard magnitude in biology. Tightly controlled behavior, possibly involving intercellular electrical signaling, was found to generally keep <10% of individual filaments exposed to oxygen. The results strengthen the hypothesis that cable bacteria indeed have evolved an exceptional way to take the full energetic advantages of aerobic respiration and let >90% of the cells metabolize in the convenient absence of oxidative stress.
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