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Frontiers in Plant Science
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Microorganism-related technologies are alternative and traditional methods of
metal recovery or removal. We identified and described heavy metal–resistant
bacteria isolated from polluted industrial soils collected from various sites at a
depth of 0–200 mm. A total of 135 isolates were screened from polluted
industrial soil. The three most abundant isolate strains resistant to heavy metals
were selected: Paenibacillus jamilae DSM 13815T DSM (LA22), Bacillus subtilis
ssp. spizizenii DSM 15029T DSM (MA3), and Pseudomonas aeruginosa
A07_08_Pudu FLR (SN36). A test was conducted to evaluate the effect of (1)
isolated heavy metal–resistant bacteria (soil application), (2) a foliar spray with
silicon dioxide nanoparticles (Si-NPs), and (3) moringa leaf extract (MLE) on the
production, antioxidant defense, and physio-biochemical characteristics of
spinach grown on heavy metal–contaminated soil. Bacteria and MLE or SiNPs have been applied in single or combined treatments. It was revealed that
single or combined additions significantly increased plant height, shoot dry and
fresh weight, leaf area, number of leaves in the plant, photosynthetic pigments
content, total soluble sugars, free proline, membrane stability index, ascorbic
acid, relative water content, a-tocopherol, glycine betaine, glutathione, and
antioxidant enzyme activities (i.e., peroxidase, glutathione reductase, catalase,
superoxide dismutase, and ascorbate peroxidase) compared with the control
treatment. However, applying bacteria or foliar spray with MLE or Si-NPs
significantly decreased the content of contaminants in plant leaves (e.g., Fe,
Mn, Zn, Pb, Cd, Ni, and Cu), malondialdehyde, electrolyte leakage, superoxide
radical (O· 2−), and hydrogen peroxide (H2O2). Integrative additions had a more
significant effect than single applications. It was suggested in our study that the
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