Abstract
Editorial: Environmental phytoremediation: plants and microorganisms at work.
Highlights
Human industry, farming, and waste disposal practices have resulted in the large-scale contamination of soil and water with organic compounds and heavy metals, with detrimental effects on ecosystems and human health
Many scientists are currently investigating the phenomenon of metal hyperaccumulation in different species, aiming to determine the mechanisms associated with the accumulation and detoxification of heavy metals and to use these plants and their rhizosphere-derived microorganisms for the decontamination of polluted sites
A greenhouse experiment using Pteris vittata with or without bacterial strains selected from autochthonous rhizosphere-derived microorganisms [chosen for their resistance to high concentrations of arsenic (As) and their ability to reduce arsenate to arsenite] showed that the efficiency of phytoextraction increased when P. vittata plants were inoculated with the selected microbial communities (Lampis et al, 2015)
Summary
Human industry, farming, and waste disposal practices have resulted in the large-scale contamination of soil and water with organic compounds and heavy metals, with detrimental effects on ecosystems and human health. This is an elegant and low-cost approach for the decontamination of polluted sites and has been greeted with a high degree of public acceptance, prompting research into the use of phytoremediation technology to address the large areas of land and water currently affected (reviewed by Krämer, 2005; Vangronsveld et al, 2009; Lee, 2013).
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