Erratum to: Role of plant growth promoting rhizobacteria in the remediation of metal contaminated soils (Environ Chem Lett, (2009), 7, (1-19) 10.1007/s10311-008-0155-0);Role of plant growth promoting rhizobacteria in the remediation of metal contaminated soils

Environmental Chemistry Letters

Volumn 7, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 1-19

  Khan, Mohammad Saghir ^a   Zaidi, Almas ^a   Wani, Parvaze Ahmad ^a   Oves, Mohammad ^a  

^a ALIGARH MUSLIM UNIVERSITY   (India)

Author keywords

Bioremediation; Growth regulating substances; Heavy metals; Phytoremediation; Plant growth promoting rhizobacteria; Rhizoremediation; Symbiotic nitrogen fixing organisms

Indexed keywords

BACTERIA; BIOTECHNOLOGY; CONTAMINATION; COST EFFECTIVENESS; CROPS; DETOXIFICATION; FOSSIL FUELS; HEAVY METALS; NITROGEN; NITROGEN FIXATION; POPULATION STATISTICS; SEWAGE SLUDGE; SOIL POLLUTION; SOIL POLLUTION CONTROL; SOILS;

CONVENTIONAL METHODS; GROWTH REGULATING SUBSTANCE; METAL-CONTAMINATED SOILS; PHYTOREMEDIATION; PLANT GROWTH-PROMOTING RHIZOBACTERIA; RHIZOREMEDIATION; SOIL FERTILITY; SYMBIOTIC NITROGEN FIXING ORGANISM; SYMBIOTICS; TOXIC PRODUCTS;

BIOREMEDIATION;

RHIZOBIALES;

EID: 59749086906     PISSN: 16103653     EISSN: 16103661     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10311-011-0338-y     Document Type: Erratum

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