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. Cable bacteria (CB) are multicellular, filamentous bacteria within the family of Desulfobulbaceae that transfer electrons longitudinally from cell to cell to couple sulfide oxidation and oxygen reduction in surficial aquatic sediments. In the present study, electrochemical reactors that contain natural sediments are introduced as a tool for investigating the growth of CB on electrodes poised at an oxidizing potential. Our experiments utilized sediments from Yaquina Bay, Oregon, USA, and we include new phylogenetic analyses of separated filaments to confirm that CB from this marine location cluster with the genus “Candidatus Electrothrix”. These CB may belong to a distinctive lineage, however, because their filaments contain smaller cells and a lower number of longitudinal ridges compared to cables described from other locales. The results of a 135 d bioelectrochemical reactor experiment confirmed that these CB can migrate out of reducing sediments and grow on oxidatively poised electrodes suspended in anaerobic seawater. CB filaments and several other morphologies of Desulfobulbaceae cells were observed by scanning electron microscopy and fluorescence in situ hybridization on electrode surfaces, albeit in low densities and often obscured by mineral precipitation. These findings provide new information to suggest what kinds of conditions will induce CB to perform electron donation to an electrode surface, further informing future experiments to culture CB outside of a sediment matrix.

Inducing the attachment of cable bacteria on oxidizing electrodes