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Plant Growth-Promoting Bacteria: A Good Source for Phytoremediation of Metal-Contaminated Soil

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Phytoremediation is a sustainable technique for the removal of contaminants from the polluted environments, but the removal of contaminants by plants and microorganisms together is more effective than phytoremediation alone. Phytoremediation is enhanced with the involvement of microorganisms in soil as well as in water. Rhizosphere microorganisms develop beneficial interactions with plants which ultimately results in increased plant growth and improved phytoremediation of heavy metals. Microorganisms play a vital role in mobilization and immobilization of metal contaminants from the environment for availability to different plants. Different microorganisms produce different metabolites which interact and make complexes with the contaminants and decrease their levels of toxicity by transforming them to less toxic state.

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Munir, I., Faisal, M. (2016). Plant Growth-Promoting Bacteria: A Good Source for Phytoremediation of Metal-Contaminated Soil. In: Ansari, A., Gill, S., Gill, R., Lanza, G., Newman, L. (eds) Phytoremediation. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-41811-7_7

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