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dc.contributor.authorMcGuinness, Martina
dc.contributor.authorDowling, David
dc.date.accessioned2010-03-10T10:07:56Z
dc.date.available2010-03-10T10:07:56Z
dc.date.issued2009-08
dc.identifier.citationPlant-associated bacterial degradation of toxic organic compounds in soil. 2009, 6 (8):2226-47 Int J Environ Res Public Healthen
dc.identifier.issn1660-4601
dc.identifier.pmid19742157
dc.identifier.doi10.3390/ijerph6082226
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/10147/94036
dc.description.abstractA number of toxic synthetic organic compounds can contaminate environmental soil through either local (e.g., industrial) or diffuse (e.g., agricultural) contamination. Increased levels of these toxic organic compounds in the environment have been associated with human health risks including cancer. Plant-associated bacteria, such as endophytic bacteria (non-pathogenic bacteria that occur naturally in plants) and rhizospheric bacteria (bacteria that live on and near the roots of plants), have been shown to contribute to biodegradation of toxic organic compounds in contaminated soil and could have potential for improving phytoremediation. Endophytic and rhizospheric bacterial degradation of toxic organic compounds (either naturally occurring or genetically enhanced) in contaminated soil in the environment could have positive implications for human health worldwide and is the subject of this review.
dc.language.isoenen
dc.subject.meshBacteria
dc.subject.meshBiodegradation, Environmental
dc.subject.meshGenetic Engineering
dc.subject.meshHazardous Substances
dc.subject.meshHumans
dc.subject.meshOrganic Chemicals
dc.subject.meshPlants
dc.subject.meshSoil Pollutants
dc.titlePlant-associated bacterial degradation of toxic organic compounds in soil.en
dc.contributor.departmentDepartment of Science and Health, Institute of Technology Carlow, Kilkenny Road, Carlow, Ireland. Martina.McGuinness@itcarlow.ieen
dc.identifier.journalInternational journal of environmental research and public healthen
refterms.dateFOA2018-09-03T10:29:08Z
html.description.abstractA number of toxic synthetic organic compounds can contaminate environmental soil through either local (e.g., industrial) or diffuse (e.g., agricultural) contamination. Increased levels of these toxic organic compounds in the environment have been associated with human health risks including cancer. Plant-associated bacteria, such as endophytic bacteria (non-pathogenic bacteria that occur naturally in plants) and rhizospheric bacteria (bacteria that live on and near the roots of plants), have been shown to contribute to biodegradation of toxic organic compounds in contaminated soil and could have potential for improving phytoremediation. Endophytic and rhizospheric bacterial degradation of toxic organic compounds (either naturally occurring or genetically enhanced) in contaminated soil in the environment could have positive implications for human health worldwide and is the subject of this review.


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