Rhizospheric Microbes: A Promising Resource for Bioremediation and Agricultural Productivity

Soil is a foundation of agriculture and home to numerous terrestrial organisms, including prokaryotes. Many biological activities with human interference led to distressed plant growth. The contaminants disposed of by various anthropogenic activities have decreased the soil quality and hence lower agricultural productivity. A means to bioremediate soil contaminants using a natural soil system is challenging. Promising research involving rhizospheric microbes in bioremediation has led to an economical and sustainable approach to increasing agriculture productivity. The rhizosphere has an intricate ecosystem comprising microbial consortiums which perform numerous biological activities concerning plant growth. These microbial consortia also perform a prime duty to bioremediate soil contaminants to improve soil quality and maintain its nutrient quality. Differing actions have been researched for bioremediation strategies of soil contamination by rhizospheric microbes. The review discusses different microbial members of prokaryotes, bacteria, and arbuscular mycorrhizal fungi to bioremediate swept contamination in the soil.