Background Phytoremediation is a promising technology for the cleanup of polluted
environments. The technology has so far been used mainly to remove toxic heavy metals …

Rhizoremediation is a bioremediation technique whereby enhanced microbial degradation
of organic contaminants occurs within the plant root zone (rhizosphere). It is considered an …

Pot experiments were conducted in a growth chamber to evaluate the phytoremediation
efficiency and rhizosphere regulation mechanism of Fire Phoenix (a mixture of Festuca L.) in …

Uptake, accumulation and translocation of phenanthrene and pyrene by 12 plant species
grown in various treated soils were comparatively investigated. Plant uptake and …

Real-Time PCR based assays were developed to quantify Gram positive (GP) and Gram
negative (GN) bacterial populations that are capable of degrading the polycyclic aromatic …

Rhizoremediation is a bioremediation technique whereby microbial degradation of organic
contaminants occurs in the rhizosphere. It is considered to be an effective and affordable …

Microbial communities are an essential part of plant rhizosphere and participate in the
functioning of plants, including rhizoremediation of petroleum contaminants …

Hydrocarbon phytoremediation by Cyperus laxus Lam. growing on perlite and inoculated
with hydrocarbon-degrading microorganisms was evaluated. Total petroleum hydrocarbons …

Root exudates play an important role in the phytoremediation of soils contaminated by
organic pollutants, but how root exudate components affect the remediation process is not …

Despite reports in the literature of superior contaminant degradation in the root-zone of
plants, this phenomenon, known as the rhizosphere effect, is poorly understood. We …