Production of Manganese Oxide Nanoparticles by Shewanella Species.

Unlabelled: Several species of the bacterial genus Shewanella are well-known dissimilatory reducers of manganese under anaerobic conditions. In fact, Shewanella oneidensis is one of the most well studied of all metal-reducing bacteria. In the current study, a number of Shewanella strains were tested for manganese-oxidizing capacity under aerobic conditions.

Aliidiomarina minuta sp. nov., a haloalkaliphilic bacterium that forms ultra-small cells under non-optimal conditions.

An aerobic haloalkaliphilic bacterium, designated strain MLST1(T), was isolated from filtered (0.22 µm) Mono Lake (USA) waters. The isolate was observed to grow primarily on yeast extract, peptone and tryptone.