Boogerd FC, de Vrind JPM (1987) Manganese oxidation by Leptothrix discophora. J Bacteriol
169:489–494
Bowen HJM (1979) Environmental chemistry of the elements. Academic, London
Bromfield SM (1978) The oxidation of manganous ions under acidic conditions by an acidophilous
actinomycete from acid soil. Aust J Soil Res 16:91–100
Bromfield SM, David DJ (1976) Sorption and oxidation of manganous ions and reduction of
manganese oxide by cell suspensions of a manganese oxidizing bacterium. Soil Biol Biochem
8:37–43
Brouwers G-J, de Vrind JPM, Corstjens PLAM, Cornelis P, Baysse C, de Vrind-de Jong EW
(1999) CumA, a gene encoding a multicopper oxidase, is involved in Mn
2+ -oxidation in
Pseudomonas putida GB-1. Appl Environ Microbiol 65:1762–1768
Brouwers G-J, Corstjens PLAM, de Vrind JPM, Verkamman A, de Kuyper M, de Vrind-de Jong EW
(2000a) Stimulation of Mn
2+ oxidation in Leptothrix discophora SS-1 by Cu
2+ and sequence
analysis of the region flanking the gene encoding putative multicopper oxidase MofA.
Geomicrobiol J 17:25–33
Brouwers G-J, Vijgenboom E, Corstjens PLAM, de Vrind JPM, de Vrind-de Jong EW (2000b)
Bacterial Mn
2+ oxidizing systems and multicopper oxidases: An overview of mechanisms and
functions. Geomicrobiol J 17:1–24
Calvert SE, Pedersen TF (1996) Sedimentary geochemistry of manganese: implications for the
environment of formation of manganiferous black shales. Econ Geol 91:36–47
Caspi R, Haygood MG, Tebo BM (1996) Unusual ribulose-1,5-bisphosphate carboxylase/
oxygenase genes from a marine manganese-oxidizing bacterium. Microbiology 142:
2549–2559
Caspi R, Tebo BM, Haygood MG (1998) c-type cytochromes and manganese oxidation in
Pseudomonas putida strain MnB1. Appl Environ Microbiol 64:3549–3555
Cellier M (2002) Bacterial genes controlling manganese accumulation. In: Winkelmann G (ed)
Microbial Transport Systems. Wiley-VCH Verlag GmbH & Co., KGaA, pp 325–345
Chander M, Setlow B, Setlow P (1998) The enzymatic activity of phosphoglycerate mutase from
gram-positive endospore-forming bacteria requires Mn
2+ and is pH sensitive. Can J Microbiol
44:759–767
Chandramohan D, Loka Bharathi PA, Nair S, Matondkar SGP (1987) Bacteriology of ferromanganese nodules from the Indian Ocean. Geomicrobiol J 5:17–31
Chapnick SD, Mire WS, Nealson KH (1982) Microbially mediated manganese oxidation in a
freshwater lake. Limnol Oceanogr 27:l004–l1014
Christianson DW (1997) Structural chemistry and biology of manganese metalloenzymes. Prog
Biophys Mol Biol 67:217–252
Corstjens PLAM, de Vrind JPM, Goosen T, de Vrind-de Jong EW (1997) Identification
and molecular analysis of the Leptothrix discophora SS-1 mofA gene, a gene
putatively encoding a manganese-oxidizing protein with copper domains. Geomicrobiol J
14:91–108
Crowley JD, Traynor DA, Weatherburn DC (2000) Enzymes and proteins containing manganese:
an overview. Met Ions Biol Syst 37:209–278
Czekalla C, Mevius W, Hanert H (1985) Quantitative removal of iron and manganese by
microorganisms in rapid sand filters. Wat Suppl 3:111–123
Davis RE, Stakes DS, Wheat CG, Moyer CL (2009) Bacterial variability within an iron-silicamanganese-rich hydrothermal mound located off-axis at the cleft segment, Juan de Fuca Ridge.
Geomicrobiol J 26:570–580
de Rudder J, Van de Wiele T, Dhooge W, Comhaire F, Verstraete W (2004) Advanced water
treatment with manganese oxide for the removal of 17 a-ethynylestradiol (EE2). Water Res
38:184–192
de Vrind JPM, Boogerd FC, de Vrind-de Jong EW (1986a) Manganese reduction by a marine
Bacillus species. J Bacteriol 167:30–34
68
P.P. Sujith and P.A. Loka Bharathi
169:489–494
Bowen HJM (1979) Environmental chemistry of the elements. Academic, London
Bromfield SM (1978) The oxidation of manganous ions under acidic conditions by an acidophilous
actinomycete from acid soil. Aust J Soil Res 16:91–100
Bromfield SM, David DJ (1976) Sorption and oxidation of manganous ions and reduction of
manganese oxide by cell suspensions of a manganese oxidizing bacterium. Soil Biol Biochem
8:37–43
Brouwers G-J, de Vrind JPM, Corstjens PLAM, Cornelis P, Baysse C, de Vrind-de Jong EW
(1999) CumA, a gene encoding a multicopper oxidase, is involved in Mn
2+ -oxidation in
Pseudomonas putida GB-1. Appl Environ Microbiol 65:1762–1768
Brouwers G-J, Corstjens PLAM, de Vrind JPM, Verkamman A, de Kuyper M, de Vrind-de Jong EW
(2000a) Stimulation of Mn
2+ oxidation in Leptothrix discophora SS-1 by Cu
2+ and sequence
analysis of the region flanking the gene encoding putative multicopper oxidase MofA.
Geomicrobiol J 17:25–33
Brouwers G-J, Vijgenboom E, Corstjens PLAM, de Vrind JPM, de Vrind-de Jong EW (2000b)
Bacterial Mn
2+ oxidizing systems and multicopper oxidases: An overview of mechanisms and
functions. Geomicrobiol J 17:1–24
Calvert SE, Pedersen TF (1996) Sedimentary geochemistry of manganese: implications for the
environment of formation of manganiferous black shales. Econ Geol 91:36–47
Caspi R, Haygood MG, Tebo BM (1996) Unusual ribulose-1,5-bisphosphate carboxylase/
oxygenase genes from a marine manganese-oxidizing bacterium. Microbiology 142:
2549–2559
Caspi R, Tebo BM, Haygood MG (1998) c-type cytochromes and manganese oxidation in
Pseudomonas putida strain MnB1. Appl Environ Microbiol 64:3549–3555
Cellier M (2002) Bacterial genes controlling manganese accumulation. In: Winkelmann G (ed)
Microbial Transport Systems. Wiley-VCH Verlag GmbH & Co., KGaA, pp 325–345
Chander M, Setlow B, Setlow P (1998) The enzymatic activity of phosphoglycerate mutase from
gram-positive endospore-forming bacteria requires Mn
2+ and is pH sensitive. Can J Microbiol
44:759–767
Chandramohan D, Loka Bharathi PA, Nair S, Matondkar SGP (1987) Bacteriology of ferromanganese nodules from the Indian Ocean. Geomicrobiol J 5:17–31
Chapnick SD, Mire WS, Nealson KH (1982) Microbially mediated manganese oxidation in a
freshwater lake. Limnol Oceanogr 27:l004–l1014
Christianson DW (1997) Structural chemistry and biology of manganese metalloenzymes. Prog
Biophys Mol Biol 67:217–252
Corstjens PLAM, de Vrind JPM, Goosen T, de Vrind-de Jong EW (1997) Identification
and molecular analysis of the Leptothrix discophora SS-1 mofA gene, a gene
putatively encoding a manganese-oxidizing protein with copper domains. Geomicrobiol J
14:91–108
Crowley JD, Traynor DA, Weatherburn DC (2000) Enzymes and proteins containing manganese:
an overview. Met Ions Biol Syst 37:209–278
Czekalla C, Mevius W, Hanert H (1985) Quantitative removal of iron and manganese by
microorganisms in rapid sand filters. Wat Suppl 3:111–123
Davis RE, Stakes DS, Wheat CG, Moyer CL (2009) Bacterial variability within an iron-silicamanganese-rich hydrothermal mound located off-axis at the cleft segment, Juan de Fuca Ridge.
Geomicrobiol J 26:570–580
de Rudder J, Van de Wiele T, Dhooge W, Comhaire F, Verstraete W (2004) Advanced water
treatment with manganese oxide for the removal of 17 a-ethynylestradiol (EE2). Water Res
38:184–192
de Vrind JPM, Boogerd FC, de Vrind-de Jong EW (1986a) Manganese reduction by a marine
Bacillus species. J Bacteriol 167:30–34
68
P.P. Sujith and P.A. Loka Bharathi