Hyperaccumulators, arbuscular mycorrhizal fungi and stress of heavy metals

Biotechnology Advances

Volumn 29, Issue 6, 2011, Pages 645-653

  Miransari, Mohammad ^a  

^a SHAHED UNIVERSITY   (Iran)

Author keywords

AM fungi; Environment; Heavy metals; Hyperaccumulator plants; Molecular mechanisms

Indexed keywords

AM FUNGUS; ARBUSCULAR MYCORRHIZAL FUNGI; ARBUSCULAR MYCORRHIZAS; BIOLOGICAL METHODS; ENVIRONMENT; HEAVY METAL POLLUTION; HEAVY METALS IN SOIL; HIGH CONCENTRATION; HOST PLANTS; HYPER-ACCUMULATORS; HYPERACCUMULATING PLANT; HYPERACCUMULATOR PLANT; KEY SOLUTION; MOLECULAR MECHANISM; SOIL MICROBES; SYMBIOTIC FUNGI; TOXICITY SYMPTOMS;

BACTERIA; FUNGI; GENES; HEAVY METALS; POLLUTION; SOILS; TISSUE;

METALS;

HEAVY METAL;

ACCUMULATION; ARBUSCULAR MYCORRHIZA; CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); FUNGUS; HEAVY METAL; HOST PLANT; MOLECULAR ANALYSIS; SOIL MICROORGANISM; SOIL POLLUTION; SYMBIONT; TOXICITY;

BIOREMEDIATION; METABOLISM; MICROBIOLOGY; MYCORRHIZA; PLANT; REVIEW; SOIL POLLUTANT; SYMBIOSIS;

BIODEGRADATION, ENVIRONMENTAL; METALS, HEAVY; MYCORRHIZAE; PLANTS; SOIL POLLUTANTS; SYMBIOSIS;

ARBUSCULAR; FUNGI;

EID: 80053445863     PISSN: 07349750     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.biotechadv.2011.04.006     Document Type: Review

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