Plant growth-promoting rhizobacteria: A good companion for heavy metal phytoremediation

Y Zhu, Y Wang, X He, B Li, S Du - Chemosphere, 2023 - Elsevier
Phytoremediation is an environment-friendly approach regarded as a potential candidate for
remediating heavy metal (HM)-contaminated soils. However, the low efficacy of …

Advances in the microbiology of Stenotrophomonas maltophilia

JS Brooke - Clinical microbiology reviews, 2021 - Am Soc Microbiol
Stenotrophomonas maltophilia is an opportunistic pathogen of significant concern to
susceptible patient populations. This pathogen can cause nosocomial and community …

Bacterial mediated alleviation of heavy metal stress and decreased accumulation of metals in plant tissues: mechanisms and future prospects

H Etesami - Ecotoxicology and environmental safety, 2018 - Elsevier
Heavy metal pollution of agricultural soils is one of main concerns causing some of the
different ecological and environmental problems. Excess accumulation of these metals in …

Understanding the molecular mechanisms for the enhanced phytoremediation of heavy metals through plant growth promoting rhizobacteria: A review

SR Manoj, C Karthik, K Kadirvelu, PI Arulselvi… - Journal of environmental …, 2020 - Elsevier
Rapid industrialization, modern agricultural practices and other anthropogenic activities add
a significant quantity of toxic heavy metals into the environment, which induces severe toxic …

Biogenic selenium nanoparticles: current status and future prospects

SA Wadhwani, UU Shedbalkar, R Singh… - Applied microbiology …, 2016 - Springer
Selenium nanoparticles (SeNPs) are gaining importance in the field of medicine owing to
their antibacterial and anticancer properties. SeNPs are biocompatible and non-toxic …

Perspectives of plant-associated microbes in heavy metal phytoremediation

M Rajkumar, S Sandhya, MNV Prasad, H Freitas - Biotechnology advances, 2012 - Elsevier
" Phytoremediation" know-how to do-how is rapidly expanding and is being commercialized
by harnessing the phyto-microbial diversity. This technology employs biodiversity to …

Biological synthesis of metal nanoparticles by microbes

KB Narayanan, N Sakthivel - Advances in colloid and interface science, 2010 - Elsevier
An array of physical, chemical and biological methods have been used to synthesize
nanomaterials. In order to synthesize noble metal nanoparticles of particular shape and size …

Role of organic amendments on enhanced bioremediation of heavy metal (loid) contaminated soils

JH Park, D Lamb, P Paneerselvam, G Choppala… - Journal of hazardous …, 2011 - Elsevier
As land application becomes one of the important waste utilization and disposal practices,
soil is increasingly being seen as a major source of metal (loid) s reaching food chain …

Biogenic selenium nanoparticles: characterization, antimicrobial activity and effects on human dendritic cells and fibroblasts

E Cremonini, E Zonaro, M Donini… - Microbial …, 2016 - Wiley Online Library
Tailored nanoparticles offer a novel approach to fight antibiotic‐resistant microorganisms.
We analysed biogenic selenium nanoparticles (Se NP s) of bacterial origin to determine …

Biogenic selenium and tellurium nanoparticles synthesized by environmental microbial isolates efficaciously inhibit bacterial planktonic cultures and biofilms

E Zonaro, S Lampis, RJ Turner, SJS Qazi… - Frontiers in …, 2015 - frontiersin.org
The present study deals with Se0-and Te0-based nanoparticles bio-synthesized by two
selenite-and tellurite-reducing bacterial strains, namely Stenotrophomonas maltophilia …