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ArticleApplied and environmental microbiology2025

Novel anaerobic selenium oxyanion reducers native to FGD wastewater for enhanced selenium removal.

Preom Sarkar, Meghan Beebe, Gita Bhandari, Jonas Wielinski, Gregory V Lowry, Djuna Gulliver

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Article in Applied and environmental microbiology, 2025. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 2 papers.

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2 citing papers in PubMed.

  1. Bioconversion of selenite to selenium nanoparticles byApplied and environmental microbiology · 2026
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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

6 authors.

Preom SarkarNational Energy Technology Laboratory, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, USA.ORCID 0009-0001-4775-7663
Meghan BeebeNational Energy Technology Laboratory, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, USA.
Gita BhandariNational Energy Technology Laboratory, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, USA.
Jonas WielinskiCarnegie Mellon University, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, USA.
Gregory V LowryCarnegie Mellon University, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, USA.
Djuna GulliverNational Energy Technology Laboratory, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, USA.ORCID 0000-0003-4219-5849

Funding

Carnegie Mellon University (CMU)DOE | FECM | National Energy Technology Laboratory (NETL)DOE | Oak Ridge Institute for Science and Education (ORISE)Leidos (Leidos Holdings, Inc.)Oak Ridge Associated Universities (ORAU)Swiss National Science Foundation
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Biological treatment is a recognized approach for removing selenate and selenite oxyanions present in flue gas desulfurization (FGD) wastewater. However, the knowledge of the specific microbial species or communities responsible for reducing water-soluble selenium oxyanions to insoluble elemental selenium remains limited. In addition, the selenium oxyanion reduction genes and pathways have yet to be understood in these wastewaters. This study characterizes selenium oxyanion-reducing bacteria (SeRB) native to FGD wastewater, and the resulting elemental selenium particles formed. By selecting native SeRB microbes in a defined media, a novel resolution of these organisms has been achieved. This research identifies previously unrecognized selenium oxyanion-reducing capabilities in

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BacteriaSeleniumWastewaterAnaerobiosisAnionsOxidation-ReductionAnionsSeleniumWastewateranaerobicbiogenic seleniumFGDmetagenomeselenium nanoparticleselenium reductiontaxonomywastewater

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PMID40084890
PMCPMC12016495

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