Table 1.
List of plant-associated microbes reported for plant growth promotion under heavy metal stress (2010 onward).
| S. No. | Microorganisms | Heavy metals | Plants | Reference |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1. | Bacillus cereus, Pseudomonas moraviensis | Cu, Cr, Co, Cd, Ni, Mn, Pb | Triticum aestivum | Hassan et al., 2017 |
| 2. | Microbacterium sp. CE3R2, Curtobacterium sp. NM1R1 | Zn, Pb, Cu, As | Brassica nigra | Román-Ponce et al., 2017 |
| 3. | Bacteroidetes bacterium, Pseudomonas fluorescens | Cd, Cu, Pb, Zn | Brassica napus | D abrowska et al., 2017 |
| 4. | Kocuria sp. CRB15 | Cu | Brassica nigra | Hansda and Kumar, 2017 |
| 5. | Klebsiella pneumoniae | Cd | Oryza sativa | Pramanik et al., 2017 |
| 6. | Enterobacter ludwigii, Klebsiella pneumoniae | Hg | Triticum aestivum | Gontia-Mishra et al., 2016 |
| 7. | Azospirillum | Pb, Cd | Panicum virgatum | Arora et al., 2016 |
| 8. | Enterobacter, Leifsonia, Klebsiella, Bacillus | Cd | Zea mays | Ahmad et al., 2016 |
| 9. | Pseudomonas putida | Cd | Eruca sativa | Kamran et al., 2015 |
| 10. | Rhodococcus erythropolis, Achromobacter sp., Microbacterium sp. | Zn, Cd | Trifolium repens | Pereira et al., 2015 |
| 11. | Variovorax paradoxus, Rhodococcus sp., Flavobacterium sp. | Cd | Brassica juncea | Belimov et al., 2015 |
| 12. | Bacillus pumilus E2S2, Bacillus sp. E1S2 | Cd, Zn | Sedum plumbizincicola | Ma et al., 2015 |
| 13. | Rhizobium leguminosarum | Zn | Brassica juncea | Adediran et al., 2015 |
| 14. | Glomus versiforme | Cd | Solanum nigrum | Liu et al., 2015 |
| 15. | Rhizophagus clarus | Pb | Cymbopogon citratus | Lermen et al., 2015 |
| 16. | Pseudomonas sp. LK9 | Cd, Zn, Cu | Solanum nigrum | Chen et al., 2014 |
| 17. | Bacillus licheniformis | Ni | Oryza sativa | Jamil et al., 2014 |
| 18. | Rahnella sp. JN6 | Cd, Pb, Zn | Brassica napus | He et al., 2013 |
| 19. | Bacillus thuringiensis GDB-1 | As, Cu | Alnus firma | Babu et al., 2013 |
| 20. | Ralstonia eutropha, Chryseobacterium humi | Zn, Cd | Helianthus annuus | Marques et al., 2013 |
| 21. | Staphylococcus arlettae | As | Brassica juncea | Srivastava et al., 2013 |
| 22. | Ochrobactrum sp., Bacillus sp. | Cd, Pb, As | Oryza sativa | Pandey et al., 2013 |
| 23. | Paenibacillus macerans, Bacillus endophyticus, Bacillus pumilus | Cu, Ni, Zn | Brassica juncea | Tiwari et al., 2012 |
| 24. | Bacillus sp. MN3-4 | Pb | Alnus firma | Shin et al., 2012 |
| 25. | Psychrobacter sp. SRS8 | Ni | Helianthus annuus, Ricinus communis | Ma et al., 2011 |
| 26. | Bacillus sp. SLS18 | Cd | Solanum nigrum | Luo et al., 2011 |
| 27. | Glomus mosseae | Cd, Pb | Cajanus cajan | Garg and Aggarwal, 2011 |
| 28. | Bacillus cereus, Candida parapsilosis | Fe, Mn, Zn, Cd | Trifolium repens | Azcón et al., 2010 |
| 29. | Paecilomyces lilacinus NH1 | Cd | Solanum nigrum | Gao et al., 2010 |
| 30. | Bradyrhizobium sp. 750, Pseudomonas sp., Ochrobactrum cytisi | Cu, Cd, Pb | Lupinus luteus | Dary et al., 2010 |