Manganese reduced

Microbial redox processes. Different metabolic types of bacteria (denitrifiers, manganese reducers, iron reducers, sulfate reducers, and methanogens) occur at landfill sites. Some of these metabolic types (sulfate reducers and methanogens) can be separated into physiological... 

In summary, signihcant numbers of bacteria, detected with several different approaches, are present in landhll leachate plumes. Methanogens, sulfate reducers, iron reducers, manganese reducers, and denitrihers are believed to be widespread in leachate plumes. Microbial activity seems to occur throughout leachate plumes, although the actual activity (as measured by ATP, PLFA, and redox processes) is low compared to activity in topsoil. Several redox processes can take place in the same samples adding additional diversity to the concept of redox zones illustrated in Figure 3. 

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DiChristina, T. J., and DeLong, E. E. (1993). Design and application of rRNA-targeted oligonucleotide probes for the dissimilatory iron- and manganese-reducing bacterium Shewanella putrefaciens. Appl. Environ. Microbiol. 59, 4152—4160. 

Nealson, K. H., Myers, C. R., and Wimpee, B. B. (1991). Isolation and identification of manganese-reducing bacteria and estimates of microbial Mn(IV)-reducing potential in the Black Sea. Deep-Sea Res. 38, S907—S920. 

The replacement of some of the cobalt by manganese reduces the steady state concentration of Co(III) even lower during the catalytic reaction which results in a lower rate of carbon dioxide formation [10]. This is also observed when some of the cerium is replaced by cobalt i.e. in a Co/Ce/Br catalyst, see figure 6. 

Experiments done on isolated chloroplasts showed that all the chloroplast reactions tested are inhibited by copper and that manganese reduced this effect96. The lack of influence of light in these experiments implies that the photoact per se is not involved. The authors suggested that a manganese activated enzyme was involved. Another possible mechanism is that copper and manganese both influence membrane permeability, but in opposite directions. 

Different observations were made at a riverbank filtration site at the river Main in Germany [16]. At this site, nitrate-, iron- and manganese-reducing conditions prevail and the residence time at two sampling points varies between 45-85 and 310-570 days, respectively. No elimination was observed after 60 m subsoil passage, which corresponds to a residence time of 45-85 days. MTBE was found to be as persistent as other poorly attenuable compounds in the Main water. 

Name types of organic molecules (substrates) that may be utilized by aerobic, facultative anaerobic (i.e., nitrate-, iron-, and manganese-reducing bacteria), and obligate anaerobic (sulfate-reducing and methanogenic bacteria) in wetland environments. 

Several heterotrophic iron- and manganese-reducing bacteria are known to effectively utilize organic acids as electron donors, while reducing Fe(lll) and Mn(lV). The following examples are for complete oxidation of acetate and formate ... 

Manganese, in amounts normally present, effectively decreases acid corrosion of steel containing small amounts of sulfur. Inclusions of MnS have low electrical conductivity compared to FeS in addition, manganese reduces the solid solubility of sulfur in iron, thereby probably restoring the anodic polarization of iron which is lowered by the presence of sulfur [50]. Silicon only slightly increases the corrosion rate in dilute hydrochloric acid (Fig. 7.13). 

Reactions with alkynes may lead to the formation of cyclized products. The reaction of iodobenzenes with two equivalents of an alkyne has been shown to give naphthalene derivatives in the presence of cobalt catalyst with a manganese reduc-tant. The process, shown in Scheme 15, is thought to involve oxidative addition of the aryliodide to cobalt followed by double alkyne insertion. The cobalt-catalysed annulation step probably involves an pathway. The cyclopentadienyl-rhodium-catalysed annulation of benzoic acids with alkynes has been used to form isocoumarin derivatives, such as (126). The process is thought to involve cyclorhodation at the ortho-position of a rhodium benzoate intermediate, followed by alkyne insertion to form a seven-membered rhodacycle and reductive elimination The silver-catalysed annulations of diphenylphosphine oxides with alkynes proceed in the absence of rhodium. Benzophosphole oxides such as (127), formed with diphenylethyne, are produced. Here, the proposed mechanism involves homolytic cleavage of the phosphorus-hydrogen bond to give a radical which can add to the alkyne and subsequently cyclize. ... 

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