Nature Communications (Jun 2021)
Efficient long-range conduction in cable bacteria through nickel protein wires
- Henricus T. S. Boschker,
- Perran L. M. Cook,
- Lubos Polerecky,
- Raghavendran Thiruvallur Eachambadi,
- Helena Lozano,
- Silvia Hidalgo-Martinez,
- Dmitry Khalenkow,
- Valentina Spampinato,
- Nathalie Claes,
- Paromita Kundu,
- Da Wang,
- Sara Bals,
- Karina K. Sand,
- Francesca Cavezza,
- Tom Hauffman,
- Jesper Tataru Bjerg,
- Andre G. Skirtach,
- Kamila Kochan,
- Merrilyn McKee,
- Bayden Wood,
- Diana Bedolla,
- Alessandra Gianoncelli,
- Nicole M. J. Geerlings,
- Nani Van Gerven,
- Han Remaut,
- Jeanine S. Geelhoed,
- Ruben Millan-Solsona,
- Laura Fumagalli,
- Lars Peter Nielsen,
- Alexis Franquet,
- Jean V. Manca,
- Gabriel Gomila,
- Filip J. R. Meysman
Affiliations
- Henricus T. S. Boschker
- Department of Biotechnology, Delft University of Technology
- Perran L. M. Cook
- School of Chemistry, Monash University
- Lubos Polerecky
- Department of Earth Sciences—Geochemistry, Faculty of Geosciences, Utrecht University
- Raghavendran Thiruvallur Eachambadi
- X-LAB, Faculty of Sciences, Hasselt University
- Helena Lozano
- Nanoscale Bioelectrical Characterization, Institut de Bioenginyeria de Catalunya (IBEC), The Barcelona Institute of Science and Technology
- Silvia Hidalgo-Martinez
- Microbial Systems Technology Excellence Centre, University of Antwerp
- Dmitry Khalenkow
- Department of Biotechnology, University of Ghent
- Valentina Spampinato
- IMEC
- Nathalie Claes
- Electron Microscopy for Materials Research (EMAT), University of Antwerp
- Paromita Kundu
- Electron Microscopy for Materials Research (EMAT), University of Antwerp
- Da Wang
- Electron Microscopy for Materials Research (EMAT), University of Antwerp
- Sara Bals
- Electron Microscopy for Materials Research (EMAT), University of Antwerp
- Karina K. Sand
- Department of Chemistry, Nano-Science Center, University of Copenhagen
- Francesca Cavezza
- Research Group Electrochemical and Surface Engineering, Department Materials and Chemistry, Vrije Universiteit Brussel
- Tom Hauffman
- Research Group Electrochemical and Surface Engineering, Department Materials and Chemistry, Vrije Universiteit Brussel
- Jesper Tataru Bjerg
- Microbial Systems Technology Excellence Centre, University of Antwerp
- Andre G. Skirtach
- Department of Biotechnology, University of Ghent
- Kamila Kochan
- School of Chemistry, Monash University
- Merrilyn McKee
- School of Chemistry, Monash University
- Bayden Wood
- School of Chemistry, Monash University
- Diana Bedolla
- Elettra-Sincrotrone Trieste S.C.p.A.
- Alessandra Gianoncelli
- Elettra-Sincrotrone Trieste S.C.p.A.
- Nicole M. J. Geerlings
- Department of Earth Sciences—Geochemistry, Faculty of Geosciences, Utrecht University
- Nani Van Gerven
- VIB-VUB Center for Structural Biology, Flanders Institute for Biotechnology (VIB)
- Han Remaut
- VIB-VUB Center for Structural Biology, Flanders Institute for Biotechnology (VIB)
- Jeanine S. Geelhoed
- Microbial Systems Technology Excellence Centre, University of Antwerp
- Ruben Millan-Solsona
- Nanoscale Bioelectrical Characterization, Institut de Bioenginyeria de Catalunya (IBEC), The Barcelona Institute of Science and Technology
- Laura Fumagalli
- Department of Physics and Astronomy, University of Manchester
- Lars Peter Nielsen
- Microbiology, Department of Biology, Aarhus University
- Alexis Franquet
- IMEC
- Jean V. Manca
- X-LAB, Faculty of Sciences, Hasselt University
- Gabriel Gomila
- Nanoscale Bioelectrical Characterization, Institut de Bioenginyeria de Catalunya (IBEC), The Barcelona Institute of Science and Technology
- Filip J. R. Meysman
- Department of Biotechnology, Delft University of Technology
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-021-24312-4
- Journal volume & issue
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Vol. 12,
no. 1
pp. 1 – 12
Abstract
Filamentous cable bacteria conduct electrical currents over centimeter distances through fibers embedded in their cell envelope. Here, Boschker et al. show that the fibers consist of a conductive core containing nickel proteins that is surrounded by an insulating protein shell.
