Plants and bacteria: a link to life
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https://doi.org/10.30973/inventio/2020.16.39/6Keywords:
sybiotic relationships, resistant bacteria, heavy metalAbstract
Plants have developed plenty of strategies to colonize a wide variety of habitats, including to contend with the toxic effects generated by anthropogenic activities. Mining activity generates a large amount of heavy metal residues, which represent a potential health risk to living organisms, including plants. Plants have established an association with heavy metal-resistant and plant growth-promoting rhizobacteria that play a vital role in adapting to stressful conditions. The symbiotic relationship between leguminous plants from mining tailings and nitrogen-fixing bacteria resistant to heavy metals has been studied. This interaction has proved to be a promising option as a phytoremediation strategy by not only reducing the concentrations and toxic effects of metals, but also preventing erosion and generating a gradual improvement in soil fertility.
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