Soil biodiversity integrates solutions for a sustainable future

EM Bach, KS Ramirez, TD Fraser, DH Wall - Sustainability, 2020 - mdpi.com
Soils are home to more than 25% of the earth's total biodiversity and supports life on land
and water, nutrient cycling and retention, food production, pollution remediation, and climate …

The role of plant growth-promoting bacteria in metal phytoremediation

Z Kong, BR Glick - Advances in microbial physiology, 2017 - Elsevier
Phytoremediation is a promising technology that uses plants and their associated microbes
to clean up contaminants from the environment. In recent years, phytoremediation assisted …

[HTML][HTML] Role and significance of biofilm-forming microbes in phytoremediation-a review

P Sharma - Environmental technology & innovation, 2022 - Elsevier
Heavy metals pollution in the environment is a result of continuous urbanization and
industrialization processes, and it has become a major issue for the environment and human …

Advances in microbe-assisted reclamation of heavy metal contaminated soils over the last decade: a review

MA Ashraf, I Hussain, R Rasheed, M Iqbal… - Journal of environmental …, 2017 - Elsevier
Contamination of agricultural soils with trace metals present lethal consequences in terms of
diverse ecological and environmental problems that entail entry of metal in food chain, soil …

Phytoremediation as an effective remedy for removing trace elements from ecosystems

A Mocek-Płóciniak, J Mencel, W Zakrzewski… - Plants, 2023 - mdpi.com
The pollution of soil by trace elements is a global problem. Conventional methods of soil
remediation are often inapplicable, so it is necessary to search intensively for innovative and …

Progresses in restoration of post-mining landscape in Africa

ES Festin, M Tigabu, MN Chileshe… - Journal of Forestry …, 2019 - Springer
Mining alters the natural landscape and discharges large volumes of wastes that pose
serious pollution hazards to the environment, to human health and to agriculture. As a result …

Characterization of phosphate solubilizing bacteria isolated from heavy metal contaminated soils and their potential for lead immobilization

Z Teng, W Shao, K Zhang, Y Huo, M Li - Journal of environmental …, 2019 - Elsevier
Phosphate solubilizing bacteria (PSB) were isolated from heavy metal contaminated soils
and their potentials for lead (Pb) immobilization in soil were studied in this paper. 53 PSB …

Plant growth-promoting actinobacteria: a new strategy for enhancing sustainable production and protection of grain legumes

A Sathya, R Vijayabharathi, S Gopalakrishnan - 3 Biotech, 2017 - Springer
Grain legumes are a cost-effective alternative for the animal protein in improving the diets of
the poor in South-East Asia and Africa. Legumes, through symbiotic nitrogen fixation, meet a …

Enhancement of heavy metal phytoremediation by Alnus firma with endophytic Bacillus thuringiensis GDB-1

AG Babu, JD Kim, BT Oh - Journal of hazardous materials, 2013 - Elsevier
Phytoremediation shows potential for remediating mine tailing sites contaminated with
heavy metals. Our aim was to isolate, characterize, and assess the potential of endophytic …

[HTML][HTML] Isolation and characterization of arsenic-resistant bacteria and possible application in bioremediation

U Dey, S Chatterjee, NK Mondal - Biotechnology reports, 2016 - Elsevier
Ground water arsenic contamination is a widespread problem in many developing countries
including Bangladesh and India. In recent years development of modern innovative …