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applied to metal contaminated soils: a review. Environ Pollut 153:497–522
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individual traits - evidence from Australian semi-arid woodlands. J Ecol 80:417–424
Lugtenberg B, Kamilova F (2009) Plant-growth-promoting rhizobacteria. Annu Rev Microbiol
63:541–556
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Analysis and characterization of cultivable heavy metal-resistant bacterial endophytes isolated
from Cd-hyperaccumulator Solanum nigrum L. and their potential use for phytoremediation.
Chemosphere 85:1130–1138
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non-host plants e effects on plant growth and Ni uptake. J Hazard Mater 195:230–237
Ma Y, Oliveira RS, Nai FJ, Rajkumar M, Luo YM, Rocha I, Freitas H (2015a) The
hyperaccumulator Sedum plumbizincicola harbors metal-resistant endophytic bacteria that
improve its phytoextraction capacity in multi-metal contaminated soil. J Environ Manag
156:62–69
Ma Y, Rajkumar M, Rocha I, Oliveira RS, Freitas H (2015b) Serpentine bacteria influence metal
translocation and bioconcentration of Brassica juncea and Ricinus communis grown in multimetal polluted soils. Front Plant Sci 5:1–13
Ma Y, Rajkumar M, Zhang C, Freitas H (2016) Beneficial role of bacterial endophytes in heavy
metal phytoremediation. J Environ Manag 174:14–25
Mahmoud SAZ, Ramadan EM, Thabet FM, Khater T (1984) Production of plant growth promoting
substances by rhizosphere microorganisms. Zbl Mikrobiol 139:227–232
Maropola MK, Ramond JB, Trindade M (2015) Impact of metagenomic DNA extraction procedures on the identifiable endophytic bacterial diversity in Sorghum bicolor (L. Moench). J
Microbiol Methods 112:104–117
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Sci 14:571–578
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Rhizosphere microbial community composition affects cadmium and zinc uptake of the metalhyperaccumulating plant Arabidopsis halleri. Appl Environ Microbiol 81:2173–2181
Naeem S, Li S (1997) Biodiversity enhances ecosystem reliability. Nature 390:507–509
Naik RP, Sakthivel N (2006) Functional characterization of a novel hydrocarbonoclastic Pseudomonas sp. strain PUP6 with plant-growth-promoting traits and antifungal potential. Res
Microbiol 157:538–546
Naik PR, Raman G, Narayanan KB, Sakthivel N (2008) Assessment of genetic and functional
diversity of phosphate solubilizing fluorescent pseudomonads isolated from rhizospheric soil.
BMC Microbiol 8:230
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gibba presente en tres sitios contrastantes del Sistema lacustre de Xochimilco. Tesis de Maestría.
Escuela Nacional de CienciasBiológicas, InstitutoPolitécnico Nacional, Ciudad de México,
México
Ortega-Acosta O, Rodriguez-Tovar AV, López-López E, Rodríguez-Dorantes A (2015) Characterization of indole acetic acid endophyte producers in authoctonus Lemna gibba plants from
Xochimilco Lake. Afr J Biotechnol 14:604–611
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plant root pathogens. Microbiol Rev 56:662–676
Ovreas L (2000) Population and community level approaches for analyzing microbial diversity in
natural environments. Ecol Lett 3:236–251
Pace NR (1997) A molecular view of microbial diversity and the biosphere. Science 276:734–740
10 Functional Diversity of Plant Endophytes and Their Role in Assisted. . .
253