ABSTRACT A wide range of microorganisms have been shown to transform selenium-
containing oxyanions to reduced forms of the element, particularly selenium-containing …

Methane-oxidizing bacteria are well known for their role in the global methane cycle and
their potential for microbial transformation of wide range of hydrocarbon and chlorinated …

Selenium species, particularly the oxyanions selenite (SeO3 2−) and selenate (SeO4 2−),
are significant pollutants in the environment that leach from rocks and are released by …

Though methane-based selenate reduction has been reported, neither the selenate load nor
the removal rate could satisfy practical applications, thus limiting this technique to bio …

Microbial bio-transformations of the essential trace element selenium are now recognized to
occur among a wide variety of microorganisms. These transformations are used to convert …

Selenium (Se) is transformed by phylogenetically diverse bacteria following several basic
strategies which include:(1) satisfying a trace element requirement for bacterial synthetic …

Selenium (Se) is an essential element for the cell that has multiple applications in medicine
and technology; microorganisms play an important role in Se transformations in the …

Selenium nanoparticles can be readily produced by microbial reduction of selenium
oxyanions under anaerobic as well as aerobic conditions. This method is advantageous as …

Selenite is extremely biotoxic, and as a result of this, exploitation of microorganisms able to
reduce selenite to non-toxic elemental selenium (Se0) has attracted great interest. In this …

Selenite (SeO32−), the most toxic and most reactive selenium (Se) oxyanion, can be
reduced to elemental selenium (Se0) nanoparticles by a variety of bacteria, including …