Associate Professor at Department of Biology, Aarhus University, Denmark 🇩🇰 working on microbial genomics, bioinformatics, cable bacteria, and other sediment microorganisms. https://www.au.dk/en/[email protected]/ 🇦🇺
Ian Marshall
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Have a look at our new paper on sulfur metabolism in cable bacteria, first author Lea Plum-Jensen: academic.oup.com/ismej/advanc...
It's an interesting case of a pathway gap being filled using AlphaFold and subsequently verified biochemically. @ismepublications.bsky.social
Published! Using thermodynamics, we proposed a new microbial metabolism: CH4 + CO to form acetate. This reaction is exergonic under a wide range of conditions and could potentially fuel life in serpentinizing systems and the deep subsurface.
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Happy to share our work in @natcomms.nature.com
Link: www.nature.com/articles/s41...
We show that cable bacteria can actively grow under anoxic conditions using extracellular electron transfer to insoluble electron acceptors, with growth rates comparable to aerobic respiration.
In case anyone is curious: according to Perth Airport security, Vegemite counts as a liquid or a gel (not sure which one).
