After an interesting and very exciting journey with my friends, we showed that this little guy (Microbacterium deferred A1-JK) not only produces electricity but also does it while breathing oxygen and uses a cross-Gram (Gram- &Gram+ genes combined) hybrid mechanism to do this ⚡🦠.

Kartik Aiyer@kartiksaiyer.bsky.social · last yr.

Thrilled to share our latest work on simultaneous aerobic-anaerobic metabolism enabled by extracellular electron transfer. The microbe in focus, Microbacterium deferre A1-JK, was isolated from the oxic-anoxic sediment interface. Link: www.nature.com/articles/s41...

If you are interested in reading the "Behind the paper"story of how we discovered this electroactive microbe and simultaneous aerobic-anaerobic respiration, have a look at our blog post in the Nature Research Communities here: communities.springernature.com/posts/simult...

Simultaneous aerobic-anaerobic respiration: A microbial tale from the mud

A yellow colony from muddy sediments revealed something unexpected: a Gram-positive bacterium capable of respiring both iron and oxygen simultaneously. What started as a side project turned into a sto...

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Kartik Aiyer@kartiksaiyer.bsky.social · last yr.

Thrilled to share our latest work on simultaneous aerobic-anaerobic metabolism enabled by extracellular electron transfer. The microbe in focus, Microbacterium deferre A1-JK, was isolated from the oxic-anoxic sediment interface. Link: www.nature.com/articles/s41...