The role of plant-associated bacteria in the mobilization and phytoextraction of trace elements in contaminated soils

Soil Biology and Biochemistry

Volumn 60, Issue , 2013, Pages 182-194

  Sessitsch, Angela ^a   Kuffner, Melanie ^a   Kidd, Petra ^b   Vangronsveld, Jaco ^c   Wenzel, Walter W ^d   Fallmann, Katharina ^a,d   Puschenreiter, Markus ^d  

^a AIT AUSTRIAN INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (Austria)

^b Santiago de Compostela   (Spain)

^c HASSELT UNIVERSITY   (Belgium)

^d UNIVERSITY OF NATURAL RESOURCES AND LIFE SCIENCES   (Austria)

Author keywords

Endophytes; Phytoextraction; Plant growth promotion; Rhizosphere bacteria; Trace element mobilization

Indexed keywords

ANALYSIS OF DATA; ASSISTED PHYTOREMEDIATION; BENEFICIAL EFFECTS; BIOMASS PLANTS; CONTAMINATED SOILS; ENDOPHYTES; FULL-SCALE APPLICATIONS; HYPER-ACCUMULATORS; KEY PROCESS; PHYTOEXTRACTION; PHYTOEXTRACTION EFFICIENCIES; PLANT AVAILABILITY; PLANT GROWTH; PLANT GROWTH PROMOTION; PLANT-ASSOCIATED BACTERIA; RHIZOSPHERE BACTERIA; ROOT HAIRS; ROOT LENGTH; SOIL AMENDMENT; SURFACE AREA; TRACE ELEMENT UPTAKE;

BACTERIA; BIOREMEDIATION; SOIL POLLUTION; SOILS; TISSUE;

SOIL POLLUTION CONTROL;

ABSORPTION; BACTERIUM; BIOAVAILABILITY; COMPLEXATION; ELEMENT MOBILITY; ENDOPHYTE; GROWTH RATE; HYPERACCUMULATION; INOCULATION; LITERATURE REVIEW; MICROBIAL ACTIVITY; MOBILIZATION; PHYTOREMEDIATION; PHYTOTOXICITY; POLLUTANT REMOVAL; POLLUTION TOLERANCE; RHIZOSPHERE; ROOT SYSTEM; SHOOT; SOIL MICROORGANISM; SOIL POLLUTION; SOIL REMEDIATION; TRACE ELEMENT; TRANSLOCATION;

EID: 84874539221     PISSN: 00380717     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.soilbio.2013.01.012     Document Type: Review

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