| Literature DB >> 6779378 |
S U Sarathchandra, J H Watkinson.
Abstract
A strain of Bacillus megaterium isolated from soil has been found to oxidize elemental selenium in laboratory cultures to selenite and a trace of selenate (< 1 percent of the selenite). This observation represents an important but hitherto unreported oxidative step in the biological selenium cycle.Entities:
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Year: 1981 PMID: 6779378 DOI: 10.1126/science.6779378
Source DB: PubMed Journal: Science ISSN: 0036-8075 Impact factor: 47.728