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Lots FAE, Behrens P, Vijver MG, Horton AA, Bosker T (2017) A large scale investigation of
microplastic contamination: abundance and characteristics of microplastics in European beach
sediment. Mar Pollut Bull 123:219–226
Lowery VN, Ursell T (2019) Structured environments fundamentally alter dynamics and stability of
ecological communities. Proc Natl Acad Sci USA 116:379–388
Lwanga EH, Thapa B, Yang X, Gertsen H, Salanki T, Geissen V, Garbeva P (2018) Decay of
low-density polyethylene by bacteria extracted from earthworm’s gut: a potential for soil
restoration. Sci Total Environ 624:753–757
Lyklema J, Norde W, van Loosdrecht MCM, Zehnder AJB (1989) Adhesion of bacteria to
polystyrene surfaces. Colloids Surf 39:175–187
Maass S, Daphi D, Lehmann A, Rillig MC (2017) Transport of microplastics by two Collembolan
species. Environ Pollut 225:456–459
Machado AAS, Kloas W, Zarfl C, Hempel S, Rillig MC (2018a) Microplastics as an emerging
threat to terrestrial ecosystems. Glob Chang Biol 24:1405–1416
Machado AAS, Lau CW, Till J, Kloas W, Lehmann A, Becker R, Rillig MC (2018b) Impacts of
microplastics on the soil biophysical environment. Environ Sci Technol 52:9656–9665
Macleod K, Rumbold K, Padayachee K (2015) A systems approach to uncover the effects of the
PGPR Pseudomonas koreensis on the level of drought stress tolerance in Helianthus annuus.
Procedia Environ Sci 29:262–263
Mahdiyah D, Mukti BH (2013) Isolation of polyethylene plastic degrading bacteria. Biosci Int
2:29–32
Mahmood A, Amaya R, Turgay OC, Yaprak AE, Taniguchi T, Kataoka R (2019) High salt tolerant
plant growth promoting rhizobacteria from the common ice-plant Mesembryanthemum
crystallinum L. Rhizosphere 9:10–17
Mayak S, Tirosh T, Glick BR (2004) Plant growth promoting bacteria confer resistance in tomato
plants to salt stress. Plant Physiol Biochem 42:565–572
McLellan CA, Turbyville TJ, Wijeratne K, Kerschen A, Vierling E, Queitsch C, Whiteshell L,
Gunatilaka AAL (2007) A rhizosphere fungus enhances Arabidopsis thermotolerance through
production of an HSP90 inhibitor. Plant Physiol 145:174–182
Mohan AJ, Sekhar VC, Bhaskar T, Nampoothiri KM (2016) Microbial assisted high impact
polystyrene (HIPS) degradation. Bioresour Technol 213:204–207
Morrissey JP, Dow JM, Mark GL, Gara FO (2004) Are microbes at the root of a solution to world
food production? EMBO Rep 5:922–926
Nadeem SM, Zaheer ZA, Naveed M, Asghar HN, Arshad M (2010) Rhizobacteria capable of
producing ACC-deaminase may mitigate salt stress in wheat. Soil Sci Soc Am 74:533–542
Nadeem SM, Zaheer ZA, Naveed M, Nawaz S (2013) Mitigation of salinity induced negative
impact on the growth and yield of wheat by plant growth promoting rhizobacteria in naturally
saline conditions. Ann Microbiol 63:225–232
Ng EL, Huerta Lwanga E, Eldrige SM, Johnston P, Hu HW, Geissen V, Chen D (2018) An
overview of microplastic and nanoplastic pollution in agroecosystems. Sci Total Environ
627:1377–1388
Nizzetto L, Bussi G, Futte MN, Butterfield D, Whitehead PG (2016) A theoretical assessment of
microplastic transport in river catchments and their retention by soils and river sediments.
Environ Sci Process Impacts 18:1051–1059
Noreen A, Ashraf M, Akram N (2010) Salt induced regulation of some key antioxidant enzymes
and physio-biochemical phenomenon in five diverse cultivars of turnip (Brassica rapa L.). J
Agron Crop Sci 196:273–285
Numana M, Bashir S, Khan Y, Mumtaz R, Shinwari ZK, Khan AL, Khan A, AL-Harrasi A (2018)
Plant growth promoting bacteria as an alternative strategy for salt tolerance in plants: a review.
Microbiol Res 209:21–32
7 Microbe-Mediated Mitigation of Abiotic Stress in Plants
247