antioxidant enzymatic activities
• Increased
α-amylase, total
sugar, total protein, chlorophyll
and proline content
• Decreased stress
ethylene and Cd
content in
seedlings
R. leguminosarum
bv. viciae
SV15
Nodule of Vicia faba
(Fava bean)
YEM medium
ND
(MIC -mM)
Cu
0.5
V. faba
Hydroponic
culture
• Co-inoculation
treated sets with
Cu increased root
length, shoot dry
weight
• Reduced copper
uptake in roots
• in co-inoculated
Cu treated plants,
decrease
antioxidative
enzymes
Fatnassi
et al.
(2015)
Rhizobium
sp. SV20
0.5
Pseudomonas
sp. SV23
1
E. cloacae
SV27
2
Photobacterium
sp. strain MELD1
Phragmites australis
(Reed)
Luria
Bertani (LB) and
M9 minimal media
plates
IAA
(MIC—mg.
kg
–1
)
Hg—33
Vigna
unguiculata
ssp.
sesquipedalis
(Long yard
bean)
In vivo
experiment
• Significant
improvement in
biomass, root
length, seed number
• Helped in mercury uptake
restricted to roots
Mathew
et al.
(2015)
(continued)
22 Beneficial Role of Plant Growth-Promoting Rhizobacteria in Bioremediation of. . .
461
• Increased
α-amylase, total
sugar, total protein, chlorophyll
and proline content
• Decreased stress
ethylene and Cd
content in
seedlings
R. leguminosarum
bv. viciae
SV15
Nodule of Vicia faba
(Fava bean)
YEM medium
ND
(MIC -mM)
Cu
0.5
V. faba
Hydroponic
culture
• Co-inoculation
treated sets with
Cu increased root
length, shoot dry
weight
• Reduced copper
uptake in roots
• in co-inoculated
Cu treated plants,
decrease
antioxidative
enzymes
Fatnassi
et al.
(2015)
Rhizobium
sp. SV20
0.5
Pseudomonas
sp. SV23
1
E. cloacae
SV27
2
Photobacterium
sp. strain MELD1
Phragmites australis
(Reed)
Luria
Bertani (LB) and
M9 minimal media
plates
IAA
(MIC—mg.
kg
–1
)
Hg—33
Vigna
unguiculata
ssp.
sesquipedalis
(Long yard
bean)
In vivo
experiment
• Significant
improvement in
biomass, root
length, seed number
• Helped in mercury uptake
restricted to roots
Mathew
et al.
(2015)
(continued)
22 Beneficial Role of Plant Growth-Promoting Rhizobacteria in Bioremediation of. . .
461