Phytoremediation of contaminated soils by heavy metals and PAHs. A brief review

A Cristaldi, GO Conti, EH Jho, P Zuccarello… - … Technology & Innovation, 2017 - Elsevier
Acute and diffuse contamination of soil by organic and inorganic pollutants causes wide
concerns and intentional or accidental introduction of these substances poses serious …

Phytoremediation of heavy metals assisted by plant growth promoting (PGP) bacteria: a review

A Ullah, S Heng, MFH Munis, S Fahad… - … and Experimental Botany, 2015 - Elsevier
Continued industrialization, agricultural practices, and other anthropogenic activities lead to
heavy metals contamination. Heavy metals have severe toxic effects on plants, animals, and …

Methane as a resource: can the methanotrophs add value?

PJ Strong, S Xie, WP Clarke - Environmental science & …, 2015 - ACS Publications
Methane is an abundant gas used in energy recovery systems, heating, and transport.
Methanotrophs are bacteria capable of using methane as their sole carbon source. Although …

Engineering rhizobacteria for sustainable agriculture

TL Haskett, A Tkacz, PS Poole - The ISME Journal, 2021 - academic.oup.com
Exploitation of plant growth promoting (PGP) rhizobacteria (PGPR) as crop inoculants could
propel sustainable intensification of agriculture to feed our rapidly growing population …

Efficient soil microorganisms: a new dimension for sustainable agriculture and environmental development

JS Singh, VC Pandey, DP Singh - Agriculture, ecosystems & environment, 2011 - Elsevier
Sustainable agriculture is vital in today's world as it offers the potential to meet our
agricultural needs, something that conventional agriculture fails to do. This type of …

Plant–bacteria partnerships for the remediation of hydrocarbon contaminated soils

S Khan, M Afzal, S Iqbal, QM Khan - Chemosphere, 2013 - Elsevier
Plant–bacteria partnerships have been extensively studied and applied to improve crop
yield. In addition to their application in agriculture, a promising field to exploit plant–bacteria …

Phytoremediation and rhizoremediation of organic soil contaminants: potential and challenges

KE Gerhardt, XD Huang, BR Glick, BM Greenberg - Plant science, 2009 - Elsevier
Over the past few decades there has been avid interest in developing in situ strategies for
remediation of environmental contaminants. Major foci have been on persistent organic …

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 …

Fitorremediación: una alternativa para eliminar la contaminación

AE Delgadillo-López, CA González-Ramírez… - Tropical and …, 2011 - scielo.org.mx
La fitorremediación aprovecha la capacidad de ciertas plantas para absorber, acumular,
metabolizar, volatilizar o estabilizar contaminantes presentes en el suelo, aire, agua o …

New advances in plant growth-promoting rhizobacteria for bioremediation

X Zhuang, J Chen, H Shim, Z Bai - Environment international, 2007 - Elsevier
Plant growth-promoting rhizobacteria (PGPR) are bacteria capable of promoting plant
growth by colonizing the plant root. For a long period PGPR were mainly used for assisting …