Compendium and synthesis of bacterial manganese reduction rates

• Published in: Geochimica et cosmochimica acta Vol. 75; no. 2; pp. 337 - 351
• Main Authors: Bandstra, Joel Z., Ross, Daniel E., Brantley, Susan L., Burgos, William D.
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Elsevier Ltd 15-01-2011
• Subjects: Bacteria; equations; manganese; microorganisms; statistical analysis
• ISSN: 0016-7037; 1872-9533
• DOI: 10.1016/j.gca.2010.04.069

We have compiled time-series concentration data for the biological reduction of manganese(III/IV) published between 1985 and 2004 and fit these data with a simple hyperbolic rate expression or, when appropriate, one of its limiting forms. The compiled data and rate constants are available in
Electronic Annex EA-1. The zero- and first-order rate constants appear to follow a log–normal distribution that could be used, for example, in predictive modeling of Mn-oxide reduction in a reactive transport scenario. We have also included details of the experimental procedures used to generate each time-series data-set in our compilation. These meta-data—mostly pertaining to the type and concentration of micro-organism, electron donor, and electron acceptor—enable us to examine the rate data for trends. We have computed a number of rudimentary, mono-variate statistics on the compiled data with the hope of stimulating both more detailed statistical analyses of the data and new experiments to fill gaps in the existing data-set. We have also analyzed the data with parametric models based on the log–normal distribution and rate equations that are hyperbolic in the concentration of cells and Mn available for reduction. This parametric analysis allows us to provide best estimates of zero- and first-order rate constants both ignoring and accounting for the meta-data.