Toxicity of oxyanions of selenium and of a proposed bioremediation intermediate, dimethyl selenone

Environmental Toxicology and Chemistry

Volumn 16, Issue 2, 1997, Pages 140-145

  Yu, Rui ^a   Coffman, John P ^a   Van Fleet Stalder, Verena ^a   Chasteen, Thomas G ^a  

^a SAM HOUSTON STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Dimethyl selenone; Growth rate inhibition; Microtox ; Pseudomonas fluorescens; Vibrio fisheri

Indexed keywords

ANION; SELENATE; SELENIUM; SELENIUM DERIVATIVE; SODIUM SELENITE;

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GROWTH; BIOASSAY; CONCENTRATION RESPONSE; GROWTH INHIBITION; GROWTH RATE; METHYLATION; NONHUMAN; OXIDATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSEUDOMONAS FLUORESCENS; REDUCTION; TOXICITY; VIBRIO;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); PSEUDOMONAS; PSEUDOMONAS FLUORESCENS; VIBRIO; VIBRIO FISHERI;

EID: 0031058797     PISSN: 07307268     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1897/1551-5028(1997)016<0140:TOOOSA>2.3.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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