Intercellular wiring enables electron transfer between methanotrophic archaea and bacteria

Gunter Wegener (), Viola Krukenberg (), Dietmar Riedel, Halina E. Tegetmeyer and Antje Boetius
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Gunter Wegener: Max-Planck Institute for Marine Microbiology
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
Antje Boetius: Max-Planck Institute for Marine Microbiology

Nature, 2015, vol. 526, issue 7574, 587-590

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.

Date: 2015
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