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bioremediation potential of arsenic resistant bacteria isolated from uranium ore. Environ Sci
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Das AJ, Kumar R (2016) Bioremediation of petroleum contaminated soil to combat toxicity on
Withania somnifera through seed priming with biosurfactant producing plant growth promoting
rhizobacteria. J Environ Manag 174:79–86
Dombkowski AA, Sultana KZ, Craig DB (2014) Protein disulfide engineering. FEBS Lett 588
(2):206–212
Drigo B, van Veen JA, Pijl AS, Boschker HTS, Bodelier PLE, Whiteley AS, Kowalchuk GA (2009)
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diversity of microbial consortia enriched from tsunami sediments in Miyagi, Japan. J Hazard
Mater 283:689–697
Begum BA, Biswas SK, Pandit GG, Saradhi IV, Waheed S, Siddique N, Seneviratne MS, Cohen
DD, Markwitz A, Hopke PK (2011) Long–range transport of soil dust and smoke pollution in
the South Asian region. Atmos Pollut Res 2(2):151–157
Bezza FA, Chirwa EMN (2017) The role of lipopeptide biosurfactant on microbial remediation of
aged polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons (PAHs)-contaminated soil. Chem Eng J 309:563–576
Bhakat K, Chakraborty A, Islam E (2019) Characterization of arsenic oxidation and uranium
bioremediation potential of arsenic resistant bacteria isolated from uranium ore. Environ Sci
Pollut Res 26(13):12907–12919
Bhattacharyya PN, Jha DK (2012) Plant growth-promoting rhizobacteria (PGPR): emergence in
agriculture. World J Microbiol Biotechnol 28(4):1327–1350
Boopathy R (2000) Factors limiting bioremediation technologies. Bioresour Technol 74(1):63–67
Brookes PC (1995) The use of microbial parameters in monitoring soil pollution by heavy metals.
Biol Fertil Soils 19(4):269–279
Cardón DL, Villafán SM, Tovar AR, Jiménez SP, Zúñiga LAG, Allieri MAA, Pérez NO, Dorantes
AR (2010) Growth response and heavy metals tolerance of Axonopusaffinis, inoculated with
plant growth promoting rhizobacteria. Afr J Biotechnol 9:8772–8782
Cassán F, Vanderleyden J, Spaepen S (2014) Physiological and agronomical aspects of phytohormone production by model plant-growth-promoting rhizobacteria (PGPR) belonging to the
genus Azospirillum. J Plant Growth Regul 33(2):440–459
Cetin SC, Karaca A, Kizilkaya R, Turgay OC (2011) Role of plant growth promoting bacteria and
fungi in heavy metal detoxification. In: Detoxification of heavy metals. Springer, Berlin,
Heidelberg, pp 369–388
Chen J, Li S, Xu B, Su C, Jiang Q, Zhou C, Jin Q, Zhao Y, Xiao M (2017a) Characterization of
Burkholderia sp. XTB-5 for phenol degradation and plant growth promotion and its application
in bioremediation of contaminated soil. Land Degrad Dev 28(3):1091–1099
Chen Y, Yang W, Chao Y, Wang S, Tang YT, Qiu RL (2017b) Metal-tolerant Enterobacter
sp. strain EG16 enhanced phytoremediation using Hibiscus cannabinus via siderophoremediated plant growth promotion under metal contamination. Plant Soil 413(1-2):203–216
Cheung KH, Gu JD (2007) Mechanism of hexavalent chromium detoxification by microorganisms
and bioremediation application potential: a review. Int Biodeterior Biodegrad 59:8–15
Chibuike GU, Obiora SC (2014) Heavy metal polluted soils: effect on plants and bioremediation
methods. Appl Environ Soil Sci 2014:1
Chitara MK, Keswani C, Bisen K, Singh V, Singh SP, Sarma BK, Singh HB (2017) 16 Improving
crop performance under heat stress using thermotolerant agriculturally important microorganisms. In: Advances in PGPR Research, p 296
Compant S, Clément C, Sessitsch A (2010) Plant growth-promoting bacteria in the rhizo-and
endosphere of plants: their role, colonization, mechanisms involved and prospects for utilization. Soil Biol Biochem 42(5):669–678
Daniel R (2005) The metagenomics of soil. Nat Rev Microbiol 3(6):470
Das AJ, Kumar R (2016) Bioremediation of petroleum contaminated soil to combat toxicity on
Withania somnifera through seed priming with biosurfactant producing plant growth promoting
rhizobacteria. J Environ Manag 174:79–86
Dombkowski AA, Sultana KZ, Craig DB (2014) Protein disulfide engineering. FEBS Lett 588
(2):206–212
Drigo B, van Veen JA, Pijl AS, Boschker HTS, Bodelier PLE, Whiteley AS, Kowalchuk GA (2009)
Climate change goes underground: effects of elevated atmospheric CO2 on microbial community structure and activities in the rhizosphere. Gewasbescherming 40(1):23
El-Syed OH, Refaat HM, Swellam MA, Amer MM, Attwa AI, El-Awady ME (2011) Bioremediation of zinc by Streptomyces aureofacienes. J Appl Sci 11:873–877
222
M. K. Chitara et al.