Bioremediation of heavy metals from soil and aquatic environment: an overview of principles and criteria of fundamental processes

R Dixit, X Wasiullah, D Malaviya, K Pandiyan… - Sustainability, 2015 - mdpi.com
Heavy metals are natural constituents of the environment, but indiscriminate use for human
purposes has altered their geochemical cycles and biochemical balance. This results in …

Plant growth promoting rhizobia: challenges and opportunities

S Gopalakrishnan, A Sathya, R Vijayabharathi… - 3 Biotech, 2015 - Springer
Modern agriculture faces challenges, such as loss of soil fertility, fluctuating climatic factors
and increasing pathogen and pest attacks. Sustainability and environmental safety of …

Phytoremediation of textile dyes and effluents: current scenario and future prospects

RV Khandare, SP Govindwar - Biotechnology Advances, 2015 - Elsevier
Phytoremediation has emerged as a green, passive, solar energy driven and cost effective
approach for environmental cleanup when compared to physico-chemical and even other …

The hyperaccumulator Sedum plumbizincicola harbors metal-resistant endophytic bacteria that improve its phytoextraction capacity in multi-metal contaminated soil

Y Ma, RS Oliveira, F Nai, M Rajkumar, Y Luo… - Journal of environmental …, 2015 - Elsevier
Endophyte-assisted phytoremediation has recently been suggested as a successful
approach for ecological restoration of metal contaminated soils, however little information is …

Using plant growth-promoting rhizobacteria (PGPR) to improve plant growth

A Grobelak, A Napora, M Kacprzak - Ecological Engineering, 2015 - Elsevier
The characterization of PGPR (plant growth promoting rhizobacteria) bacteria associated to
Agrostis capillaris, and evaluation of plant growth promotion mechanisms, as well as …

Potential use of Pseudomonas koreensis AGB-1 in association with Miscanthus sinensis to remediate heavy metal (loid)-contaminated mining site soil

AG Babu, PJ Shea, D Sudhakar, IB Jung… - Journal of environmental …, 2015 - Elsevier
Endophytic bacteria have the potential to promote plant growth and heavy metal (loid)(HM)
removal from contaminated soil. Pseudomonas koreensis AGB-1, isolated from roots of …

Illumina MiSeq sequencing investigation on the contrasting soil bacterial community structures in different iron mining areas

C Hong, Y Si, Y Xing, Y Li - Environmental Science and Pollution …, 2015 - Springer
Mine activities leaked heavy metals into surrounding soil and may affected indigenous
microbial communities. In the present study, the diversity and composition of the bacterial …

Interactive effect of biochar and plant growth-promoting bacterial endophytes on ameliorating salinity stress in maize

SS Akhtar, MN Andersen, M Naveed… - Functional Plant …, 2015 - CSIRO Publishing
The objective of this work was to study the interactive effect of biochar and plant growth-
promoting endophytic bacteria containing 1-aminocyclopropane-1-carboxylate deaminase …

Arbuscular mycorrhizal fungi in phytoremediation of contaminated areas by trace elements: mechanisms and major benefits of their applications

L Cabral, CRFS Soares, AJ Giachini… - World Journal of …, 2015 - Springer
In recent decades, the concentration of trace elements has increased in soil and water,
mainly by industrialization and urbanization. Recovery of contaminated areas is generally …

[HTML][HTML] Enhancing phytoremediation of chromium-stressed soils through plant-growth-promoting bacteria

M Ahemad - Journal of Genetic Engineering and Biotechnology, 2015 - Elsevier
Chromium, specifically hexavalent chromium is one of the most toxic pollutants that are
released into soils by various anthropogenic activities. It has numerous adverse effects not …