Skip to main content

Thank you for visiting nature.com. You are using a browser version with limited support for CSS. To obtain the best experience, we recommend you use a more up to date browser (or turn off compatibility mode in Internet Explorer). In the meantime, to ensure continued support, we are displaying the site without styles and JavaScript.

  • News & Views
  • Published:

Microbiology

Conductive consortia

Nature volume 526, pages 513–514 (2015)Cite this article

Subjects

Physiological analyses, electron microscopy and single-cell chemical imaging suggest that direct electron transfer occurs between the members of methane-oxidizing microbial consortia. See Article p.531 and Letter p.587

This is a preview of subscription content, access via your institution

Relevant articles

Open Access articles citing this article.

Access options

Buy this article

  • Purchase on Springer Link
  • Instant access to full article PDF
Buy now

Prices may be subject to local taxes which are calculated during checkout

Figure 1: Interaction modes.

Notes

  1. See all news & views

References

  1. Boetius, A. et al. Nature 407, 623–626 (2000).

    Article  ADS  CAS  Google Scholar 

  2. Hoehler, T. M., Alperin, M. J., Albert, D. B. & Martens, C. S. Global Biogeochem. Cycles 8, 451–463 (1994).

    Article  ADS  CAS  Google Scholar 

  3. Meyerdierks, A. et al. Environ. Microbiol. 12, 422–439 (2010).

    Article  CAS  Google Scholar 

  4. Moran, J. J. et al. Environ. Microbiol. 10, 162–173 (2008).

    CAS  PubMed  Google Scholar 

  5. McGlynn, S. E., Chadwick, G. L., Kempes, C. P. & Orphan, V. J. Nature 526, 531–535 (2015).

    Article  ADS  CAS  Google Scholar 

  6. Wegener, G., Krukenberg, V., Riedel, D., Tegetmeyer, H. E. & Boetius, A. Nature 526, 587–590 (2015).

    Article  ADS  CAS  Google Scholar 

  7. Hallam, S. J. et al. Science 305, 1457–1462 (2004).

    Article  ADS  CAS  Google Scholar 

  8. Milucka, J. et al. Nature 491, 541–546 (2012).

    Article  ADS  CAS  Google Scholar 

  9. Knittel, K. & Boetius, A. Annu. Rev. Microbiol. 63, 311–334 (2009).

    Article  CAS  Google Scholar 

  10. Shrestha, P. M. & Rotaru, A. E. Front. Microbiol. 5, 237 (2014).

    PubMed  PubMed Central  Google Scholar 

  11. Rotaru, A.-E. et al. Appl. Environ. Microbiol. 80, 4599–4605 (2014).

    Article  Google Scholar 

  12. Lovley, D. R. Annu. Rev. Microbiol. 66, 391–409 (2012).

    Article  CAS  Google Scholar 

  13. Summers, Z. M. et al. Science 330, 1413–1415 (2010).

    Article  ADS  CAS  Google Scholar 

Download references

Author information

Authors and Affiliations

  1. Michael Wagner is in the Department of Microbiology and Ecosystem Science and the Research Network 'Chemistry meets Microbiology', University of Vienna, Vienna 1090, Austria.,

    Michael Wagner

Authors
  1. Michael Wagner
    View author publications

    You can also search for this author in PubMed Google Scholar

Corresponding author

Correspondence to Michael Wagner.

Related links

Related links

Related links in Nature Research

Microbiology: A piece of the methane puzzle

Rights and permissions

Reprints and permissions

About this article

Check for updates. Verify currency and authenticity via CrossMark

Cite this article

Wagner, M. Conductive consortia. Nature 526, 513–514 (2015). https://doi.org/10.1038/526513a

Download citation

  • Published:

  • Issue Date:

  • DOI: https://doi.org/10.1038/526513a

This article is cited by

Search

Advanced search

Quick links

Nature Briefing Microbiology

Sign up for the Nature Briefing: Microbiology newsletter — what matters in microbiology research, free to your inbox weekly.

Get the most important science stories of the day, free in your inbox. Sign up for Nature Briefing: Microbiology