Rapid microalgal metabolism of selenate to volatile dimethylselenide

Plant, Cell and Environment

Volumn 26, Issue 6, 2003, Pages 897-905

  Neumann, Peter M ^a   De Souza, M P ^b   Pickering, I J ^c   Terry, N ^b  

^a TECHNION ISRAEL INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (Israel)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^c SLAC NATIONAL ACCELERATOR LABORATORY   (United States)

Author keywords

Detoxification; Dimethylselenide; Hyper volatilization; Microalgae; Selenium accumulation; Speciation; Sulphate transporter; Wetlands; X ray absorption spectroscopy

Indexed keywords

DETOXIFICATION; FRESHWATER ECOSYSTEM; METABOLISM; MICROALGA; SELENATE; SELENIUM; VOLATILIZATION;

CHLORELLA SP.; EMBRYOPHYTA;

EID: 0037708383     PISSN: 01407791     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-3040.2003.01022.x     Document Type: Article

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