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Evidence is presented that stalked, budding bacteria (hyphomicrobia) are responsible for the deposition of manganese in certain freshwater pipelines in Tasmania. Laboratory-scale equipment is described which allows manganese oxidation to be studied under controlled conditions. In some pipelines the lack of deposition is due to insufficient manganese in the lake water and not to absence of the appropriate hyphomicrobia. The composition of the pipeline deposits in Tasmania and other parts of the world are strikingly similar, and it is suggested that hyphomicrobia occur in manganese deposits more frequently than has been recorded.
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Tyler, P.A., Marshall, K.C. Microbial oxidation of manganese in hydro-electric pipelines. Antonie van Leeuwenhoek 33, 171–183 (1967). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF02045548
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