A novel method for the measurement of elemental selenium produced by bacterial reduction of selenite

Journal of Microbiological Methods

Volumn 86, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 140-144

  Biswas, Keka C ^a   Barton, Larry L ^b   Tsui, Wai Lok ^b   Shuman, Kevin ^a   Gillespie, Jacquelyn ^a   Eze, Chioma S ^b  

^a Wesley College   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NEW MEXICO   (United States)

Author keywords

Elemental selenium; Moraxella bovis; Selenite reduction; Selenium measurement

Indexed keywords

SELENATE; SELENITE; SELENIUM;

ABSORPTION; ARTICLE; BACTERIUM CULTURE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; MICROBIAL CONSORTIUM; MORAXELLA BOVIS; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SPECTROPHOTOMETRY; WATER SAMPLING;

BACTERIA; OXIDATION-REDUCTION; SELENIUM; SODIUM SELENITE; SOIL MICROBIOLOGY; SPECTROPHOTOMETRY; WATER MICROBIOLOGY;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); MORAXELLA BOVIS;

EID: 79959732751     PISSN: 01677012     EISSN: 18728359     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.mimet.2011.04.009     Document Type: Article

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