Technogenic activities (industrial—plastic, textiles, microelectronics, wood preservatives;
mining—mine refuse, tailings, smelting; agrochemicals—chemical fertilizers, farm yard manure, …

Phytoremediation holds promise for in situ treatment of heavy metal contaminated soils.
Recently, the benefits of combining siderophore-producing bacteria (SPB) with plants for metal …

"Phytoremediation" know-how to do-how is rapidly expanding and is being commercialized
by harnessing the phyto-microbial diversity. This technology employs biodiversity to remove/…

… mesophilicum and M. extorquens were found suggesting that these habitats provide distinct
… mesophilicum and M. goesingense strains were highly resistant to Ni, but were also shown …

The metal resistant-plant growth-promoting bacterial (PGPB) strains PsM6 and PjM15
isolated from a serpentine soil were characterized as Pseudomonas sp. and Pseudomonas …

Environmental stress factors, such as heavy metals, salinity, and drought, have been
increasing steadily over the last few decades, and have negative effects on plant health and …

In this study, a copper-resistant plant growth promoting bacterial (PGPB) strain Ax10 was
isolated from a Cu mine soil to assess its plant growth promotion and copper uptake in …

… These effects of inoculation were also reported by Rajkumar and Freitas (Citation2008b),
who found that the addition of Pseudomonas sp. or P. jessenii to surface sterilized root of R. …

… M. Rajkumar acknowledges the financial support received in the form of Ramalingaswami
re-entry fellowship from Department of Biotechnology (DBT), Government of India. This work is …

The present investigation is aimed at exploring the feasibility of twisted bladed Savonius rotor
for power generation. The twisted blade in a three-bladed rotor system has been tested in …