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Table 2 Percentage of selenomethionine in a total cellular Se in wild (WT) and selenium resistant strains (SeIV, SeVI, SeIV+VI) of Scenedesmus quadricauda grown in the presence of selenite or selenate

From: Bioaccumulation and toxicity of selenium compounds in the green alga Scenedesmus quadricauda

Se compound

added

Se mg × kg-1

added

%SeMet

of cellular Se

WT

0

0

0.00

selenite

10

28.87

selenate

20

28,24

selenate

50

40.86

SeIV

selenite

20

17.00

selenite

50

16,05

selenate

20

31.02

selenate

50

33.79

SeVI

selenate

20

31.37

selenate

50

27.60

selenite

20

29.86

selenite

50

26.00

SeIV+VI

selenite+selenate

20 (10+10)

12.50

selenite+selenate

50 (25+25)

8.32