Hansel, Colleen M. (2017) Manganese in Marine Microbiology. In: Microbiology of metal ions. , ed. by Poole, Robert K.. Advances in Microbial Physiology, 70 . Elsevier, Cambridge, Massachusetts, pp. 37-83, 47 pp. ISBN 978-0-12-812386-7 DOI 10.1016/bs.ampbs.2017.01.005.

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Abstract

The importance of manganese in the physiology of marine microbes, the biogeochemistry of the ocean and the health of microbial communities of past and present is emerging. Manganese is distributed widely throughout the global ocean, taking the form of an essential antioxidant (Mn2 +), a potent oxidant (Mn3 +) and strong adsorbent (Mn oxides) sequestering disproportionately high levels of trace metals and nutrients in comparison to the surrounding seawater. Manganese is, in fact, linked to nearly all other elemental cycles and intricately involved in the health, metabolism and function of the ocean's microbiome. Here, we briefly review the diversity of microbes and pathways responsible for the transformation of Mn within the three Mn pools and their distribution within the marine environment. Despite decades of interrogation, we still have much to learn about the players, mechanisms and consequences of the Mn cycle, and new and exciting discoveries are being made at a rapid rate. What is clear is the dynamic and ever-inspiring complexity of reactions involving Mn, and the acknowledgement that microorganisms are the catalytic engine driving the Mn cycle.

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