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Role of Beneficial Microbes in the Molecular Phytotoxicity of Heavy Metals

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Cellular and Molecular Phytotoxicity of Heavy Metals

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Growth in industrialisation, agriculture, fertilisers and mining areas has caused the increase in the concentration of heavy metals in the soil. This increase leads to toxicity in plants directly and humans indirectly when these plants are consumed. In order to have control on the increasing concentration of these heavy metals various phytoremedial methods have been used where hyperaccumulating plants help in the removal of these metals from the soil. Efficiency of these methods can be enhanced by using beneficial microbes such as rhizobacteria and endophytic bacteria. These microorganisms live in symbiotic relation with the plants and help in fast and easy uptake of metals either by degrading them into less toxic forms or by stabilising them in the soil. Various mechanisms are used by these microbes which help in the process of heavy metal removal from the soil.

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Kour, J. et al. (2020). Role of Beneficial Microbes in the Molecular Phytotoxicity of Heavy Metals. In: Faisal, M., Saquib, Q., Alatar, A.A., Al-Khedhairy, A.A. (eds) Cellular and Molecular Phytotoxicity of Heavy Metals. Nanotechnology in the Life Sciences. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-45975-8_13

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