Endophyte

Host Plant

Pollutant

Mechanism of Action

References

Microorganism

(a) Inorganic Pollutants

Bacillus sp. L14

Pseudomonas koreensis

AGB-1

Rahnella sp. JN27

Penicillium funiculosum

LHL06

Lindgomycetaceae P87

Mucor sp. MHR-7

(b) Organic Pollutants

Pseudomonas putida

M1441 (pNAH7)

Solanum nigrum

Miscanthus sinensis

Amaranthus

hypochondriacus and

A. mangostanus

Glycine max L.

Aeschynomene

fluminensis

Brassica campestris

L.

Pisum sativum

Cd and Pb removal up to 80.48% and

75.78%, respectively.

Inoculated plants showed relatively

higher heavy metal(loid) content

viz. As, Cu, Cd, Zn, and Pb over

uninoculated plants

Hyperaccumulation of Cd by host plant

even at very high Cd concentrations

Pb, Al, Cr, Ni, and Cu accumulation in

shoots of soybean decreased by 23.1%,

42.6%, 5.2%, 68.2%, and 90.1%,

respectively, compared to that of non-

inoculated plants

Soil Hg decreased by 57% in A.

fluminensis plants inoculated with P87

The strain removed 60–87% of heavy

metals from broth culture when supplied

with 300 µg mL–1 of the metals.

Inoculated plants showed higher (40%)

naphthalene degradation rates compared

to uninoculated plants

Induced hormesis by heavy

metals

Solubilization of heavy

metal(loid)s causing high

uptake by hyperaccumulator;

promotion of plant growth

Production of siderophores,

IAA, ACC deaminase, and the

Cd solubilization in soils

Extracellular adsorption or

intracellular absorption of

heavy metals by LHL06

Volatilization and

bioaccumulation of Hg in plant

tissues

Absorption of heavy metals in

mycelia prevented its uptake

by plant

Phytoprotection,

phytoremediation

Guo et al.

(2010)

Babu et al.

(2015)

Yuan et al.

(2014)

Bilal et al.

(2019)

Pietro-Souza et

al. (2020)

Zahoor et al.

(2017)

Germaine et al.

(2006)

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TABLE 1.4 List of Different Endophytes Involved in Phytoremediation of Organic and Inorganic Pollutants from Soil

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