Endophytic bacteria take the challenge to improve Cu phytoextraction by sunflower

Environmental Science and Pollution Research

Volumn 22, Issue 7, 2015, Pages 5370-5382

  Kolbas, Aliaksandr ^a,c   Kidd, Petra ^d   Guinberteau, Jacques ^e   Jaunatre, Renaud ^a   Herzig, Rolf ^f   Mench, Michel ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITÉ DE BORDEAUX   (France)

^b UMR 1202 BIOGECO   (France)

^c Brest State University   (Belarus)

^d Instituto de Investigaciones Agrobiológicas de Galicia del Consejo Superior de Investigaciones Científicas   (Spain)

^e CEMAGREF   (France)

^f Phytotech Foundation   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Bioaugmentation; Cu tolerance; Helianthus annuus L; Metal uptake; Phytoremediation

Indexed keywords

COPPER; SOIL POLLUTANT;

BACTERIUM; BIOREMEDIATION; ENDOPHYTE; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; METABOLISM; MICROBIOLOGY; SOIL POLLUTANT; SUNFLOWER;

BACTERIA; BIODEGRADATION, ENVIRONMENTAL; COPPER; ENDOPHYTES; HELIANTHUS; SOIL POLLUTANTS;

EID: 84925535620     PISSN: 09441344     EISSN: 16147499     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11356-014-4006-1     Document Type: Article

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