Furuta, S.; Ikegaya, H.; Fujibayashi, M.; Hashimoto, H.; Suzuki, S.; Okano, K.; Ichise, S.; Miyata, N. Effects of Algal Extracellular Polysaccharides on the Formation of Filamentous Manganese Oxide Particles in the Near-Bottom Layer of Lake Biwa. Microorganisms2023, 11, 1814.
Furuta, S.; Ikegaya, H.; Fujibayashi, M.; Hashimoto, H.; Suzuki, S.; Okano, K.; Ichise, S.; Miyata, N. Effects of Algal Extracellular Polysaccharides on the Formation of Filamentous Manganese Oxide Particles in the Near-Bottom Layer of Lake Biwa. Microorganisms 2023, 11, 1814.
Furuta, S.; Ikegaya, H.; Fujibayashi, M.; Hashimoto, H.; Suzuki, S.; Okano, K.; Ichise, S.; Miyata, N. Effects of Algal Extracellular Polysaccharides on the Formation of Filamentous Manganese Oxide Particles in the Near-Bottom Layer of Lake Biwa. Microorganisms2023, 11, 1814.
Furuta, S.; Ikegaya, H.; Fujibayashi, M.; Hashimoto, H.; Suzuki, S.; Okano, K.; Ichise, S.; Miyata, N. Effects of Algal Extracellular Polysaccharides on the Formation of Filamentous Manganese Oxide Particles in the Near-Bottom Layer of Lake Biwa. Microorganisms 2023, 11, 1814.
Abstract
Filamentous manganese (Mn) oxide particles, which occur in the suboxic zone of stratified waterbodies, are important drivers of diverse elemental cycles. Although these particles are considered to be bacteriogenic, the environmental factor responsible for their formation has not been identified. Based on this study of laboratory cultures of a model Mn(II)-oxidizing bacterium, the supply of algal extracellular polymeric substances (EPS) was shown to stimulate Mn(II) oxidation and thus the production of filamentous Mn oxide particles. This observation was consistent with results obtained for naturally occurring particles collected from a near-bottom layer (depth of ~90 m) in the northern basin of Lake Biwa, Japan, that is, most Mn particles resembling delta-MnO2 were associated with an EPS-like gelatinous matrix, which contained dead algal cells and was lectin-stainable. In the lake water column, EPS produced by photosynthesis sank to the bottom layer. The analysis of the quality of water samples, which have been collected from the study site for 18 years, reveals that the annual average total phytoplankton biovolume in the surface layer correlates with the density of filamentous Mn particles in the near-bottom layer. Among different phytoplankton species, green algae appeared to be the key species. The results of this study suggest that algal EPS production induces the formation of filamentous Mn oxide particles in the near-bottom layer of the northern basin of Lake Biwa.
Environmental and Earth Sciences, Environmental Science
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