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A method is provided for the removal of selenium from soil or drain water, which comprises adding to the soil one or more members of the group consisting of pectin, corn straw, starch, galacturonic acid, cellobiose, glucuronic acid, glucose, albumin, casein, gluten, methionine, ethionine, and cobalt

A method is provided for the removal of selenium from soil or drain water, which comprises adding to the soil one or more members of the group consisting of pectin, corn straw, starch, galacturonic acid, cellobiose, glucuronic acid, glucose, albumin, casein, gluten, methionine, ethionine, and cobalt, zinc or nickel ions to form volatile alkylselenides.

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A method for increasing the rate of volatilization of selenium from a non-volatile selenium compound, which comprises exposing the non-volatile selenium compound, in a solid medium, to microbes which are capable of converting the selenium to a volatile alkylselenide, and adding to the medium a carbo

A method for increasing the rate of volatilization of selenium from a non-volatile selenium compound, which comprises exposing the non-volatile selenium compound, in a solid medium, to microbes which are capable of converting the selenium to a volatile alkylselenide, and adding to the medium a carbon source which enhances alkylation selected from the group consisting of proteins, carbohydrates and mixtures thereof, alone or in combination with at least one metal ion selected from the group consisting of cobalt, zinc and nickel. A method for the removal of non-volatile selenium from a medium comprising soil, which comprises adding to the soil containing microbes which are capable of converting the selenium to a voltatile alkylsenide a carbon source which enhances alkylation selected from the group consisting of proteins, carbohydrates and mixtures thereof, alone or in combination with at least one metal ion selected from the group consisting of cobalt, zinc and nickel.