Oxidation of elemental selenium to selenite by Bacillus megaterium.
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.
D001410:Bacillus megaterium / Q000378:metabolism*; D010084:Oxidation-Reduction; D012643:Selenium / Q000378:metabolism*; D012988:Soil Microbiology
D012643:Selenium