The following are some examples of publications and presentations on manganese biogeochemistry by members of the Geomicrobiology Research Group. Some of these publications are related to work done with other collaborators at other institutions; others are collaborative within the group.
Selected Publications
(* indicates student author)
*Mara LC
Cloutier, Sarah K Carmichael, Michael A Carson, Michael D Madrich, and Suzanna Bräuer, 2017, Carbon quantity and quality drives variation in cave microbial communities and regulates Mn(II) oxidation, Biogeochemistry, v. 134, no. 1–2, p. 77–94 (DOI: 10.1007/s10533-017-0343-8)
Sarah K Carmichael, Daniel H Doctor, Crystal G Wilson, *Joshua Feierstein, Ryan J McAleer, 2017, New insight into the origin of manganese oxide ore deposits in the Appalachian Valley and Ridge of northeastern Tennessee and northern Virginia, USA, Geological Society of America Bulletin, v. 129, no. 9-10, p. 1158-1180 (DOI: 10.1130/B31682.1)
Carmichael, S.K., *Zorn, B.T., Santelli, C.M., *Roble, L.A., *Carmichael, M.J., and Bräuer, S.L., 2015, Nutrient input influences fungal community composition and size and can stimulate Mn(II) oxidation in caves, Environmental Microbiology Reports, v. 7, no. 4, p. 592-605 (DOI:10.1111/1758-2229.12291)
Carmichael, Sarah K., and Bräuer, Suzanna L., 2015, Microbial diversity and manganese cycling: a review of Mn-oxidizing microbial cave communities, in Engel, A., ed., Microbial Life of Cave Systems, in Wagner, D., ed., Life in Extreme Environments, Volume 3, De Gruyter, Boston, MA, p. 137-160 (DOI: 10.1515/9783110339888-009) (invited book chapter)
Santelli, C. M., Chaput, D. L., and Hansel, C. M., 2014, Microbial communities promoting Mn(II) oxidation in Ashumet Pond, a historically polluted freshwater pond undergoing remediation: Geomicrobiology Journal, v. 31, no. 7, p. 605-616
Carmichael, Sarah K., *Carmichael, Mary Jane, *Roble, Leigh Anne, *Johnson, Krissy, Gao, Yongli, and Bräuer, Suzanna, 2013, Evidence of Sustained Anthropogenic Impact in Carter Saltpeter Cave, Carter County, Tennessee, Journal of Cave and Karst Science, v. 73, no. 3, p. 184-209
*Carmichael, Mary Jane, Carmichael Sarah K., Santelli, Cara, *Strom, Amanda C., and Bräuer, Suzanna L., 2013, Mn(II)-oxidizing bacteria are abundant and environmentally relevant members of ferromanganese deposits in Eastern Tennessee Caves, Geomicrobiology Journal, v. 13, no. 9, p. 779-800
Tang, Y., Zeiner, C. A., Santelli, C. M., and Hansel, C. M., 2013, Fungal oxidative dissolution of the Mn(II)-bearing mineral rhodochrosite and the role of metabolites in manganese oxide formation: Environmental Microbiology, v. 15, no. 4, p. 1063-1077.
Luan, F., Santelli, C. M., Hansel, C. M., and Burgos, W. D., 2012, Defining manganese(II) removal processes in passive coal mine drainage treatment systems through laboratory incubation experiments: Applied Geochemistry, v. 27, p. 1567-1578.
Hansel, C. M., Zeiner, C. A., Santelli, C. M., and Webb, S. M., 2012, Mn(II) oxidation by an ascomycete fungus is linked to superoxide production during asexual reproduction: Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, v. 109, no. 31, p. 12621-12625.
Johnson KW*, Carmichael MJ*, McDonald W*, Rose N*, Pitchford J, Windelspecht M, Karatan E, and Bräuer SL, 2012, Increased abundance of Gallionella spp., Leptothrix spp. and total bacteria in response to enhanced Mn and Fe concentrations in a disturbed southern Appalachian high elevation riparian wetland. Geomicrobiology Journal 29:124–138.
Bräuer SL, Adams C*, Kranzler K*, Murphy D, Xu M*, Zuber P, Simon HM, Baptista AM and Tebo BM, 2011, Culturable Rhodobacter and Shewanella species are abundant in estuarine turbidity maxima of the Columbia River, Environmental Microbiology 13(3): 589–603.