Bioconcentration mechanism of selenium by a coccolithophorid, Emiliania huxleyi

Plant and Cell Physiology

Volumn 45, Issue 10, 2004, Pages 1434-1441

  Obata, Toshihiro ^a   Araie, Hiroya ^a   Shiraiwa, Yoshihiro ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TSUKUBA   (Japan)

Author keywords

Coccolithophorid; Emiliania huxleyi; Selenite uptake; Selenium accumulation

Indexed keywords

EMILIANIA HUXLEYI; HAPTOPHYCEAE;

EID: 9244227135     PISSN: 00320781     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/pcp/pch164     Document Type: Article

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