New study out now 🌊🔬
A new paper by DEEP researcher Alexis Fonseca reveals evidence of active cable bacteria living deep within anoxic marine sediments — challenging the long-standing view that these microbes are restricted to shallow sediment layers.
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Background Cable bacteria are filamentous sulphide-oxidisers capable of cm-scale electron transport. They are generally considered restricted to the upper few oxic–suboxic cm of marine sediments, wher...