Production of dimethyl triselenide and dimethyl diselenenyl sulfide in the headspace of metalloid-resistant Bacillus species grown in the presence of selenium oxyanions

Analytical Biochemistry

Volumn 396, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 217-222

  Burra, Radhika ^a   Pradenas, Gonzalo A ^b   Montes, Rebecca A ^a   Vásquez, Claudio C ^b   Chasteen, Thomas G ^a  

^a SAM HOUSTON STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSIDAD DE SANTIAGO DE CHILE   (Chile)

Author keywords

Bioremediation; Organoselenium; Polyselenides; Polysulfides; Volatilization

Indexed keywords

BACTERIA; BACTERIOLOGY; BIOREMEDIATION; GAS CHROMATOGRAPHY; ISOMERS; MASS SPECTROMETRY; PLANTS (BOTANY); POLYSULFIDES; SELENIUM; SELENIUM COMPOUNDS; VAPORIZATION;

BACILLUS SPECIES; BACTERIAL CULTURES; ELECTRON-IMPACT FRAGMENTATION; MASS SPECTROMETRIC DETECTION; ORGANOSELENIUM; ORGANOSELENIUM COMPOUNDS; POLYSELENIDES; SOLID-PHASE MICROEXTRACTION;

SULFUR COMPOUNDS;

DIMETHYL DISELENENYL SULFIDE; DIPHENYL TRISELENIDE; FLUORINE; ORGANOSELENIUM DERIVATIVE; SELENATE; SELENIDE; SELENITE; SELENIUM; SULFUR; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ANAEROBIC GROWTH; ARTICLE; BACILLUS; BACTERIAL GROWTH; BACTERIUM CULTURE; CHEMOLUMINESCENCE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CULTURE MEDIUM; FRAGMENTATION REACTION; GAS CHROMATOGRAPHY; MASS SPECTROMETRY; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SOLID PHASE MICROEXTRACTION; SYNTHESIS;

BACILLUS (BACTERIUM); BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS);

EID: 70449713281     PISSN: 00032697     EISSN: 10960309     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ab.2009.09.026     Document Type: Article

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