Reduction of selenium oxyanions by Enterobacter cloacae strain SLD1a-1: Reduction of selenate to selenite

Environmental Toxicology and Chemistry

Volumn 16, Issue 9, 1997, Pages 1851-1858

  Losi, Mark E ^a   Frankenberger Jr , William T ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Bioremediation; Microbial reduction; Microbial transformations; Selenate reduction

Indexed keywords

ANION; SELENATE; SELENITE; SELENIUM;

ARTICLE; BIODEGRADATION; BIOREACTOR; ECOTOXICITY; ENTEROBACTER CLOACAE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SOIL POLLUTION; WATER CONTAMINATION;

ENTEROBACTER CLOACAE;

EID: 0030853460     PISSN: 07307268     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1897/1551-5028(1997)016<1851:ROSOBE>2.3.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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