High concentrations of non-essential heavy metals/metalloids (arsenic, cadmium, and lead)
in soils and irrigation water represent a threat to the environment, food safety, and human …

Heavy metals are one of the major abiotic stresses that adversely affect the quantity and
nutritive value of maize. Microbial management involving the use of plant growth promoting …

Excessive use of fungicides in agriculture may result in substantial accumulation of active
residues in soil, which affect crop health and yield. We investigated the response of …

Lead released from manufacturing factories, recycling plants, automobile company and
landfill leachate is abundantly found in wastewater. An efficient bioremediating agent for …

Rapid industrialization and uncontrolled metal discharge into environment is a global
concern for crop production. Metal tolerant bacterium isolated from chilli rhizosphere was …

This research experiment was conducted to investigate the potential of Brevundimonas
species IITISM22 to remove mercury by using live biomass of bacterial cells at 298, 308, and …

A mercury resistant bacterial strain, SA2, was isolated from soil contaminated with mercury.
The 16S rRNA gene sequence of this isolate showed 99% sequence similarity to the genera …

Heavy metals are toxic environmental contaminants, which severely affect microbial
composition and functions and, concurrently, crop production. Due to these issues, the …

The present study elaborates uranium sequestration by bacteria from alkaline wastewaters.
In the investigation, a few bacterial strains were isolated from alkaline uranium mine water …

Microorganisms showed unique mechanisms to resist and detoxify harmful metals in
response to pollution. This study shows the relationship between presence of heavy metals …