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Functional Diversity of Plant Endophytes and Their Role in Assisted Phytoremediation

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The functional diversity term helps to understand the biological complexity through the wide range of interactions that organisms show on communities and ecosystems as they may interact. In a particular manner, organisms may have attributes or characteristics that define their role within the ecosystems. The purpose of this review is to analyze the importance of plant growth-promoting traits of endophyte bacteria that define the functional diversity of them in their relationships with plants in assisted phytoremediation techniques.

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The authors are grateful to the Research Project, SIP-20131494 and SIP-20141314 of the Secretaría de Investigación y Posgrado del Instituto Politécnico Nacional, Comisión de Operaciones y Fomento de Actividades Académicas (COFAA-IPN), EDI (Estímulo al Desempeño de Investigadores-I.P.N.), and Sistema Nacional de Investigadores (SNI-CONACyT), and the fellowships for its support.

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Guerrero-Zúñiga, A.L., López-López, E., Rodríguez-Tovar, A.V., Rodríguez-Dorantes, A. (2020). Functional Diversity of Plant Endophytes and Their Role in Assisted Phytoremediation. In: Bharagava, R., Saxena, G. (eds) Bioremediation of Industrial Waste for Environmental Safety. Springer, Singapore. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-981-13-3426-9_10

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