Bacterial mediated alleviation of heavy metal stress and decreased accumulation of metals in plant tissues: Mechanisms and future prospects

Ecotoxicology and Environmental Safety

Volumn 147, Issue , 2018, Pages 175-191

  Etesami, Hassan ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEHRAN   (Iran)

Author keywords

Heavy metal stress, bacterial mediated heavy metal tolerance; Metal immobilization; PGPRs

Indexed keywords

BIOSURFACTANT; CARBOXYLIC ACID DERIVATIVE; DEAMINASE; HEAVY METAL; PHOSPHATE; PHYTOHORMONE; PLANT PROTEIN; POLYMER; SIDEROPHORE;

BACTERIUM; BIOACCUMULATION; ENVIRONMENTAL STRESS; GROWTH RATE; HEAVY METAL; MICROBIAL COMMUNITY; POLLUTION TOLERANCE; SOIL POLLUTION;

AGRICULTURAL PROCEDURES; BACTERIAL GROWTH; BACTERIAL STRAIN; BIOACCUMULATION; BIOSYNTHESIS; CHEMICAL PARAMETERS; CHEMICAL STRESS; CROP PRODUCTION; ENZYME SYNTHESIS; FOOD CHAIN; FOOD SAFETY; HORMONE SYNTHESIS; MICROBIAL ACTIVITY; MICROBIAL COMMUNITY; MICROBIAL DIVERSITY; NONHUMAN; NUTRIENT UPTAKE; PLANT DEFENSE; PLANT GENE; PLANT GROWTH; PLANT STRESS; PLANT TISSUE; REVIEW; SOIL POLLUTION; SOLUBILIZATION; BIOREMEDIATION; CHEMISTRY; CROP; DRUG EFFECTS; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; METABOLISM; MICROBIOLOGY; OXIDATIVE STRESS; RHIZOBIACEAE; SOIL; SOIL POLLUTANT; TOXICITY;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); RHIZOBIALES;

BIODEGRADATION, ENVIRONMENTAL; CROPS, AGRICULTURAL; METALS, HEAVY; OXIDATIVE STRESS; RHIZOBIACEAE; SOIL; SOIL MICROBIOLOGY; SOIL POLLUTANTS;

EID: 85028002385     PISSN: 01476513     EISSN: 10902414     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ecoenv.2017.08.032     Document Type: Review

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