Heavy metal contamination of agricultural soils leads to diverse environmental and
ecological problems including microbial community shift, plant growth and yield reduction …

Abiotic stresses, including low-temperature environments, adversely affect the structure,
composition, and physiological activities of soil microbiomes. Also, low temperatures disturb …

Scarcity of arable land, limited soil nutrient availability, and low-temperature conditions in
the Himalayan regions need to be smartly managed using sustainable approaches for better …

Mineral weathering bacteria play essential roles in nutrient cycling and plant nutrition.
However, we are far from having a comprehensive view of the factors regulating their …

Phosphorus solubilizing bacteria (PSB) are a category of microbes that transform insoluble
phosphates in soil into soluble forms that crops can utilize. Phosphorus in natural soils is …

Cadmium (Cd) is predominantly observed within the soil to cause deterioration of plant and
microbial activities within rhizosphere. Cd-toxicity leads to major agricultural constraints due …

Phosphate rock (PR) is an important mineral resource with numerous uses and applications
in agriculture and the environment. PR is used in the manufacture of detergents, animal …

Pseudomonas fluorescens ATCC13525 is an important growth-promoting rhizobacteria
(PGPR) and plant disease biocontrol bacterium. However, due to poor stress resistance, it is …

Poly-γ-glutamic acid (γ-PGA) is a natural polymer with various applications, and its high-
viscosity hinders oxygen transmission and improvement of synthesis level. Vitreoscilla …

Enterobacter asburiae PSI3 solubilizes mineral phosphates in the presence of glucose by
the secretion of gluconic acid generated by the action of a periplasmic pyrroloquinoline …