Manganese Reduction by Microbes from Oxic Regions of the Lake Vanda (Antarctica) Water Column

• Main Authors: Bratina, Bonnie Jo, Stevenson, Bradley S., Green, William J., Schmidt, Thomas M.
• Format: Text
• Language: English
• Published: American Society for Microbiology 1998
• Subjects: General Microbial Ecology; Antarctic; Lake Vanda; Vanda; Antarc*; Antarctica
• Online Access: http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC106551; http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/9758801

Depth profiles of metals in Lake Vanda, a permanently ice-covered, stratified Antarctic lake, suggest the importance of particulate manganese oxides in the scavenging, transport, and release of metals. Since manganese oxides can be solubilized by manganese-reducing bacteria, microbially mediated man...