Jamie Lustermans
@jlustermans.bsky.social
Marie Sklodowska Curie Postdoc at University of Antwerp working on bacteria that exchange electrons with each other amongst others (cable bacteria, Microbacterium deferre,..)
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 ⚡🦠.
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...
Link: www.nature.com/articles/s41...
Iron reduction under oxic conditions by Microbacterium deferre sp. nov. A1-JKT - Nature Communications
In this study, the authors show that Microbacterium deferre A1-JK, a newly isolated Gram-positive bacterium, simultaneously reduces oxygen and iron under oxic conditions, revealing unexpected microbia...
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July 11, 2025 at 8:08 AM
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 ⚡🦠.
Reposted by Jamie Lustermans
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...
July 10, 2025 at 5:41 PM
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...