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In the context of the Center for Electromicrobiology a 3-year PhD position is available at the Department of Biology with earliest start on the 1st of August. Cable bacteria are electrically-conductive, filamentous bacteria able to couple sulfide oxidation with oxygen or nitrate reduction over centimeter distances in aquatic sediments. Such “short-circuit” of the redox cascade has been shown to alter the biogeochemistry in unconventional ways with implications for the cycling of oxygen, nutrients, carbon, minerals, ions, and greenhouse gasses. This broad impact has gained cable bacteria the name of ecosystem engineers and yet it remains largely unpredictable when they come ...