Diazotrophs-assisted phytoremediation of heavy metals: a novel approach

Environmental Science and Pollution Research

Volumn 22, Issue 4, 2015, Pages 2505-2514

  Ullah, Abid ^a   Mushtaq, Hafsa ^a   Ali, Hazrat ^b   Munis, Muhammad Farooq Hussain ^a   Javed, Muhammad Tariq ^c   Chaudhary, Hassan Javed ^a  

^a QUAID I AZAM UNIVERSITY   (Pakistan)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MALAKAND   (Pakistan)

^c GOVERNMENT COLLEGE UNIVERSITY   (Pakistan)

Author keywords

Bioaccumulation; Diazotrophs; Heavy metals; Phytoremediation; Plant microbe interaction

Indexed keywords

1-AMINOCYCLOPROPANE-1-CARBOXYLATE DEAMINASE; HEAVY METAL; LYASE; SOIL POLLUTANT;

ANALYSIS; ANIMAL; BACTERIUM; BIOREMEDIATION; CHEMISTRY; HUMAN; METABOLISM; MICROBIOLOGY; NITROGEN FIXATION; PLANT; SOIL POLLUTANT;

ANIMALS; BACTERIA; BIODEGRADATION, ENVIRONMENTAL; CARBON-CARBON LYASES; HUMANS; METALS, HEAVY; NITROGEN FIXATION; PLANTS; SOIL POLLUTANTS;

EID: 84925535259     PISSN: 09441344     EISSN: 16147499     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11356-014-3699-5     Document Type: Article

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