Nielsen, Per Halkjaer


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Closed genomes uncover a saltwater species ofCandidatusElectronema and shed new light on the boundary between marine and freshwater cable bacteria

Citation
Sereika et al. (2022).
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Abstract
AbstractCable bacteria of theDesulfobulbaceaefamily are centimeter-long filamentous bacteria, which are capable of conducting long-distance electron transfer. Currently, all cable bacteria are classified into two candidate genera:CandidatusElectronema, typically found in freshwater environments, andCandidatusElectrothrix, typically found in saltwater environments. This taxonomic framework is based on both 16S rRNA gene sequences and metagenome-assembled genome (MAG) phylogenies. However, most of