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Conceptual diagram of cable bacteria in the rhizosphere. Cable bacteria reduce the oxygen released from the plant roots and oxidize sulfide. The sulfide gets replenished from local sulfate reduction, diffusion from deeper sediment layers and dissolution of iron sulfides promoted by the acidity-producing sulfide oxidation. The dissolved ferrous iron diffuses towards the oxygen-releasing roots, where it precipitates to iron oxide.
