Mineral formation induced by cable bacteria performing long-distance electron transport in marine sediments

Geerlings, Nicole M. J.; Zetsche, Eva-Maria; Hidalgo-Martinez, Silvia; Middelburg, Jack J.; Meysman, Filip J. R.

doi:https://doi.org/10.5194/bg-16-811-2019

Articles | Volume 16, issue 3

https://doi.org/10.5194/bg-16-811-2019

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https://doi.org/10.5194/bg-16-811-2019

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13 Feb 2019

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Mineral formation induced by cable bacteria performing long-distance electron transport in marine sediments

Nicole M. J. Geerlings, Eva-Maria Zetsche, Silvia Hidalgo-Martinez, Jack J. Middelburg, and Filip J. R. Meysman

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RC1: 'Review of manuscript bg-2018-444', Anonymous Referee #1, 15 Nov 2018
- AC1: 'Response to referee 1', Nicole Geerlings, 21 Dec 2018
RC2: 'Review comments to Geerlings et al.', Anonymous Referee #2, 13 Dec 2018
- AC2: 'Response to referee 2', Nicole Geerlings, 21 Dec 2018

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ED: Publish subject to minor revisions (review by editor) (10 Jan 2019) by Tina Treude

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Multicellular cable bacteria form long filaments that can reach lengths of several centimeters. They affect the chemistry and mineralogy of their surroundings and vice versa. How the surroundings affect the cable bacteria is investigated. They show three different types of biomineral formation: (1) a polymer containing phosphorus in their cells, (2) a sheath of clay surrounding the surface of the filament and (3) the encrustation of a filament via a solid phase containing iron and phosphorus.