Table 4.
Endophytes in bioremediation of heavy metals (HMs)
| Host plant | Microbes | HMs bioremediated | Reference(s) |
|---|---|---|---|
| Salix variegate Franch | Chromosporium spp., Fusarium spp., and Gonatobotrysi spp. | Cd | An et al. (2015) |
| Solanum lycopersicum L. | P. janthinellum LK5 | Al | Khan et al. (2015a) |
| Populus spp. | Serenpidita vermifera P04 | Cd, Zn, Pb, and Cu | Lacercat-Didier et al. (2016) |
| Dysphania ambrosioides L. | Plectosphaerella spp., Cladosporium spp., and Verticillium spp. | Pb and Zn | Li et al. (2016) |
| Penicillium spp. FT2G59 and P. columnaris FT2G7 | |||
| Imperata cylindrica L. and Bothriochloa ischaemum L. | Leotiomycetes and Pezizomycetes | Pb and Cd | Tong et al. (2017) |
| Solanum nigrum L. | Colletotrichum spp., Alternaria spp., and Fusarium spp. | Cd | Khan et al. 2017a, b |
| F. tricinctum, and A. alternata | Cd | ||
| Brassica napus L. | Fusarium spp., Penicillium spp., and Alternaria spp. | Cd and Pb | Shi et al. (2017) |
| Zea mays | Westerdykella spp. | Hg | Pietro-Souza et al. (2020) |