Extracellular electron transfer in cable bacteria enables growth rates comparable to aerobic respiration
Kartik S. Aiyer, Leonid Digel, Markéta Linhartová, Andreas Schramm, Ugo Marzocchi, Lars Peter Nielsen, Ian P. G. Marshall
This study shows that the freshwater cable bacterium Electronema aureum GS can respire insoluble electron acceptors under anoxic conditions, achieving growth rates similar to aerobic respiration.
Nature Communications · May 19, 2026Peer-reviewedMicrobiology