TABLE 3.

Quantification of BMnOx production, bacterial growth, and lyophilization survival ratios of MOB-513-pEmpty, MOB-513-pdgcB, and MOB-513-ppdeA static cultures grown in Lept and Lept-Mn and results of analysis of groundwater Mn(II) oxidation by bacteria-inoculated sands

Quantification	MOB-513-pEmpty		MOB-513-pdgcB		MOB-513-ppdeA
	Lept	Lept-Mn	Lept	Lept-Mn	Lept	Lept-Mn
Initial BMnOx in culture (μg/mL)	NDa	0.44 ± 0.08	ND	10.45 ± 0.30	ND	ND
Fresh culture (CFU/mL)	(2.50 ± 0.27) × 1010	(2.25 ± 0.24) × 1010	(6.50 ± 0.24) × 1010	(2.00 ± 0.22) × 1011	(1.65 ± 0.22) × 109	(2.55 ± 0.22) × 109
Lyophiles (CFU/mL)	(3.25 ± 0.34) × 107	(3.60 ± 0.31) × 107	(1.93 ± 0.20) × 108	(2.33 ± 0.27) × 109	(9.9 ± 0.25) × 105	(1.79 ± 0.24) × 106
SR (%)	0.130	0.160	0.296	1.165	0.06	0.07
Groundwater BMnOx (μg/mL) produced by:
Fresh cultures adhered to sands	1.25 ± 0.10	6.72 ± 0.25	15.98 ± 0.33	23.92 ± 0.41	ND	ND
Lyophiles adhered to sands	1.28 ± 0.09	6.46 ± 0.31	17.90 ± 0.35	24.10 ± 0.42	ND	ND

^aND, not detected.