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MANGANESE is required for the photoautotrophic growth of O2-evolving organisms, in which it functions in the O2-evolving complex of photosystem II. Mn-deficient cultures thus lose their O2-evolving capacity, but activity can be restored by reincorporation of Mn into the photosynthetic apparatus. The ratio of Mn atoms to chlorophyll molecules in O2-evolving organisms and preparations is 1:50–100 (ref. 1).
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TEL-OR, E., STEWART, W. Manganese and photosynthetic oxygen evolution by algae. Nature 258, 715–716 (1975). https://doi.org/10.1038/258715a0
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