Selenium Speciation in Salicornia bigelovii - Plant-Mediated Reduction of Selenate for the Remediation of Selenium Contaminated Soil
The objective of this research was to determine whether microbes were necessary in pickleweed in order to overcome the rate-limitin step of selenium volatilization.
The conversion of inorganic selenate to a reduced selenium species, such as organic selenomethionine. To elucidate the role of microbes in selenate reduction, X-ray Absorption Spectroscopy (XAS) was used to determine selenium speciation in tissues of picleweed plants.