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Bioremediation of Soils Contaminated with Selenium

1992; Springer Nature; Linguagem: Inglês

10.1007/978-1-4612-2820-2_9

0176-9340

E. T. Thompson‐Eagle, W. T. Frankenberger,

Mercury impact and mitigation studies

Selenium (Se) has been blamed for the extinction of dinosaurs, problems encountered by Marco Polo during his thirteenth century adventures, and inducing cancer (Koch, 1967; Nelson et al., 1943; Rosenfeld and Beath, 1964). Recently, public attention has been drawn to Se because, in several areas of the world, it has been discovered to be an environmental threat. Selenium is a widespread contaminant in the United States in areas including Arizona, California, Colorado, Montana, Nevada, New Mexico (Williams et al., 1940), South Dakota, Texas (Clark et al., 1980), Utah, and Wyoming (Boon, 1989). This chapter will focus on the efforts that have been made to develop a bioremediation approach to deselenify the environment of Se.