Here are some helpful
recourses!
Manganese ...
http://nmsp.cals.cornell.edu/publications/factsheets/factsheet49.pdf
Bacterial Communities Inside and Surrounding Soil Iron-Manganese Nodules ...
http://www.zjubiolab.zju.edu.cn/wumin/userfiles/lab-paper/000459-20120303145538.pdf
Manganese ...
http://lpi.oregonstate.edu/infocenter/minerals/manganese/
http://www.spectrumanalytic.com/support/library/ff/Mn_Basics.htm
http://www.soils.wisc.edu/extension/pubs/A2526.pdf