Bacteriology of Manganese Nodules: II. Manganese Oxidation by Cell-free Extract from a Manganese Nodule Bacterium
AUTOR(ES)
Ehrlich, H. L.
RESUMO
A cell-free extract from Arthrobacter 37, isolated from a manganese nodule from the Atlantic Ocean, exhibited enzymatic activity which accelerated manganese accretion to synthetic Mn-Fe oxide as well as to crushed manganese nodule. The reaction required oxygen and was inhibited by HgCl2 and p-chloromercuribenzoate but not by Atebrine dihydrochloride. The rate of enzymatic action depended on the concentration of cell-free extract used. The enzymatic activity had a temperature optimum around 17.5 C and was destroyed by heating at 100 C. The amount of heat required for inactivation depended on the amount of nucleic acid in the preparation. In the cell-free extract, unlike the whole-cell preparation, peptone could not substitute for NaHCO3 in the reaction mixture. An enzyme-containing protein fraction and a nucleic acid fraction could be separated from cell extract by gel filtration, when prepared in 3% NaCl but not in seawater. The nucleic acid fraction was not required for enzymatic activity.
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