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caerulescens as a model system. Ann Bot 102:3–13
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contaminated soil using transgenic tobacco plants expressing ACR2 gene of Arabidopsis
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in Nigeria. Am J Environ Policy Manag 3(5):31–38
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polychlorinated biphenyl (PCB) toxicity: physiological and genomewide responses of
Burkholderia xenovorans LB400 to PCB-mediated stress. Appl Environ Microbiol
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for bioremediation. In: Kuhad R, Singh A (eds) Biotechnology for environmental management
and resource recovery. Springer, New Delhi, pp 191–218
Kurumata M, Takahashi M, Sakamoto A, Ramos JL, Nepovim A, Vanek T, Hirata T, Morikawa H
(2005) Tolerance to, and uptake and degradation of 2,4,6-trinitrotoluene (TNT) are enhanced by
the expression of a bacterial nitroreductase gene in Arabidopsis thaliana. Z Naturforsch C
60:272–278
Lee SW, Glickmann E, Cooksey DA (2001) Chromosomal locus for cadmium resistance in
Pseudomonas putida consisting of a cadmium-transporting ATPase and a MerR family response
regulator. Appl Environ Microbiol 67:1437–1444
Liu S, Zhang F, Chen J, Sun GX (2011) Arsenic removal from contaminated soil via
biovolatilization by genetically engineered bacteria under laboratory conditions. J Environ Sci
23(10):60570–60570. https://doi.org/10.1016/S1001-0742
Liu D, An Z, Mao Z, Ma L, Lu Z (2015) Enhanced heavy metal tolerance and accumulation by
transgenic sugar beets expressing Streptococcus thermophilus StGCS-GS in the presence of Cd,
Zn and Cu alone or in combination. PLoS ONE 10(6):e0128824
Lovely DR (2003) Cleaning up with genomics: applying molecular biology to bioremediation. Nat
Rev Microbiol 1:35–44
Lu L, Tian S, Yang X, Wang X, Brown P, Li T (2008) Enhanced root-to-shoot translocation of
cadmium in the hyperaccumulating ecotype of Sedum alfredii. J Exp Bot 59:3203–3213
Macek T, Kotrba P, Svatos A, Novakova M, Demnerova K, Mackova M (2008) Novel roles for
genetically modified plants in environmental protection. Trends Biotechnol 26:146–152
Martin W (1999) Mosaic bacterial chromosomes: a challenge en route to a tree of genomes.
BioEssays 21(2):99–104
Martinez M, Bernal P, Almela C, Velez D, Garcia-Agustin P, Serrano R (2006) An engineered plant
that accumulates higher levels of heavy metals than Thlaspi caerulescens, with yields of
100 times more biomass in mine soils. Chemosphere 64:478–485
Massa V, Infantin OA, Radice F, Orlandi V, Tavecchio F, Giudici R, Conti F, Urbini G, Di
Guardo A, Barbieri P (2009) Efficiency of natural and engineered bacterial strains ins the
degradation of 4-chlorobenzoic acid in soil slurry. Int Biodeterior Biodegrad 63(1):112–115
Meagher RB (2000) Phytoremediation of toxic elemental and organic pollutants. Curr Opin Plant
Biol 3:153–162
Milner MJ, Kochian LV (2008) Investigating heavy-metal hyperaccumulation using Thlaspi
caerulescens as a model system. Ann Bot 102:3–13
Misra S, Gedamu L (1989) Heavy metal tolerant transgenic Brassica napus L. and Nicotiana
tabacum L. plants. Theor Appl Genet 78:161–168
Nahar N, Aminur R, Nawani NN, Ghosh S, Mandal A (2017) Phytoremediation of arsenic from the
contaminated soil using transgenic tobacco plants expressing ACR2 gene of Arabidopsis
thaliana. J Plant Physiol. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jplph.2017.08.001
Newman LA, Reynolds CM (2004) Phytodegradation of organic compounds. Curr Opin Biotechnol
15:225–230
Ochman H, Lawrence JG, Grolsman EA (2000) Lateral gene transfer and the nature of bacterial
innovation. Nature 405:299–304
Olugbenga G (2017) Genetically Modified Foods (GMOs) and its environmental conflict situation
in Nigeria. Am J Environ Policy Manag 3(5):31–38
Ozcan F, Kahramanogullari CT, Kocak N, Yildiz M, Haspolat I, Tuna E (2011) Use of genetically
modified organisms in the remediation of soil and water R ecology and environmental problems,
November 17–20
Parnell JJ, Park J, Denef V, Tsoi T, Hashsham S, Quensen JI, Tiedje JM (2006) Coping with
polychlorinated biphenyl (PCB) toxicity: physiological and genomewide responses of
Burkholderia xenovorans LB400 to PCB-mediated stress. Appl Environ Microbiol
72:6607–6614
16
G. Saxena et al.