An Alliance of Trifolium repens—Rhizobium leguminosarum bv. trifolii—Mycorrhizal Fungi From an Old Zn-Pb-Cd Rich Waste Heap as a Promising Tripartite System for Phytostabilization of Metal Polluted Soils

The Bolesław waste heap in South Poland, with total soil Zn concentrations higher than 50,000 mg kg–1, 5,000 mg Pb kg–1, and 500 mg Cd kg–1, is a unique habitat for metallicolous plants, such as Trifolium repens L. The purpose of this study was to characterize the association between T. repens and i...

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Main Authors: Ewa Oleńska, Wanda Małek, Marzena Sujkowska-Rybkowska, Sebastian Szopa, Tadeusz Włostowski, Olgierd Aleksandrowicz, Izabela Swiecicka, Małgorzata Wójcik, Sofie Thijs, Jaco Vangronsveld
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Frontiers Media S.A. 2022-04-01
Series:Frontiers in Microbiology
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Online Access:https://www.frontiersin.org/articles/10.3389/fmicb.2022.853407/full