Publication details
Toxicity and accumulation of Selenium in Scenedesmus quadricauda
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| Year of publication | 2007 |
| Type | Article in Proceedings |
| Conference | Programme and Abstracts SEFS-5 |
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| Keywords | Scenedesmus; selenium; toxicity |
| Description | Green chlorococcal alga Scenedesmus quadricauda was found to be suitable to produce biomass with high content of organically bound selenium. We used a range of concentrations (10-400 mikrog/L) of selenium (added as Na2SeO3) to test its toxicity. We determined the concentration of 100 mikrog/L of selenium to be lethal for the wild type of S. quadricauda. We selected a strain able to grow well in the presence of selenium concentration up to 400 mikrog/L. |
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