Nature Communications (Sep 2019)
A highly conductive fibre network enables centimetre-scale electron transport in multicellular cable bacteria
- Filip J. R. Meysman,
- Rob Cornelissen,
- Stanislav Trashin,
- Robin Bonné,
- Silvia Hidalgo Martinez,
- Jasper van der Veen,
- Carsten J. Blom,
- Cheryl Karman,
- Ji-Ling Hou,
- Raghavendran Thiruvallur Eachambadi,
- Jeanine S. Geelhoed,
- Karolien De Wael,
- Hubertus J. E. Beaumont,
- Bart Cleuren,
- Roland Valcke,
- Herre S. J. van der Zant,
- Henricus T. S. Boschker,
- Jean V. Manca
Affiliations
- Filip J. R. Meysman
- Department of Biology, University of Antwerp
- Rob Cornelissen
- X-LAB, Hasselt University
- Stanislav Trashin
- AXES Research group, Department of Chemistry, University of Antwerp
- Robin Bonné
- X-LAB, Hasselt University
- Silvia Hidalgo Martinez
- Department of Biology, University of Antwerp
- Jasper van der Veen
- Department of Quantum Nanoscience, Kavli Institute of Nanoscience, Technical University Delft
- Carsten J. Blom
- Department of Bionanoscience, Kavli Institute of Nanoscience, Delft University of Technology
- Cheryl Karman
- Department of Biology, University of Antwerp
- Ji-Ling Hou
- X-LAB, Hasselt University
- Raghavendran Thiruvallur Eachambadi
- X-LAB, Hasselt University
- Jeanine S. Geelhoed
- Department of Biology, University of Antwerp
- Karolien De Wael
- AXES Research group, Department of Chemistry, University of Antwerp
- Hubertus J. E. Beaumont
- Department of Bionanoscience, Kavli Institute of Nanoscience, Delft University of Technology
- Bart Cleuren
- Theoretical Physics, Hasselt University
- Roland Valcke
- Molecular and Physical Plant Physiology, Hasselt University
- Herre S. J. van der Zant
- Department of Quantum Nanoscience, Kavli Institute of Nanoscience, Technical University Delft
- Henricus T. S. Boschker
- Department of Biology, University of Antwerp
- Jean V. Manca
- X-LAB, Hasselt University
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-019-12115-7
- Journal volume & issue
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Vol. 10,
no. 1
pp. 1 – 8
Abstract
Cable bacteria’ form long multicellular filaments that can transfer electrical currents over centimetre-long distances. Here, Meysman et al. show that the electrical currents run along highly conductive fibres embedded in the cell envelope, and charge transfer is electronic rather than ionic.
