[
Ahemad M. and M.S. Khan. 2010. Plant growth promoting activities of phosphate solubilizing Enterobacter asburiae as influenced by fungicides. Eurasia. J. Bio. Sci. 4: 88–95.10.5053/ejobios.2010.4.0.11
]Search in Google Scholar
[
Altschul S.F., W. Gish, W. Miller, E.W. Myers and D.J. Lipman. 1990. Basic local alignment search tool. J. Mol. Biol. 219: 403–410.10.1016/S0022-2836(05)80360-2
]Search in Google Scholar
[
Anand P., J. Isar, S. Saran and R.K. Saxena. 2006. Bioaccumulation of copper by Trichoderma viride. Bioresour. Technol. 91: 1018–1025.10.1016/j.biortech.2005.04.04616324839
]Search in Google Scholar
[
Burd G.I., G.D. Dixon and B.R. Glick. 2000. Plant growth promoting bacteria that decrease heavy metal toxicity in plants. Can. J. Microbiol. 46: 237–245.10.1139/w99-14310749537
]Search in Google Scholar
[
Cecchie C.G.S. and C. Zanchi. 2005. Phytoremediation of soil polluted by nickel using agricultural crops. Environ. Manage. 36: 675–681.10.1007/s00267-004-0171-116215654
]Search in Google Scholar
[
Cha J.S. and D.A. Cooksey. 1991. Copper resistance in Pseudomonas syringae mediated by periplasmic and outer membrane proteins. Proc. Natl. Aca. Sci. USA 88: 8915–8919.10.1073/pnas.88.20.8915526211924351
]Search in Google Scholar
[
Das P., S. Sinha and S.K. Mukherjee. 2014. Nickel bioremidiation potential of Bacillus thuringiensis KUNi1 and some environmental factors in nickel removal. Bioremed. J. 18(2): 169–177.
]Search in Google Scholar
[
Denton B. 2007. Advances in phytoremediation of heavy metals using plant growth promoting bacteria and fungi. MMG 445. Basic. Biotechnol. J. 3: 1–5.
]Search in Google Scholar
[
Desale P., D. Kashyap, N. Nawani, N. Nahar, A. Rahman, B. Kapadnis and A. Mandal. 2014. Biosorption of nickel by Lysini-bacillus sp. BA2 native to bauxite mine
]Search in Google Scholar
[
. Ecotoxicol. Environ. Saf. 107: 260–268.
]Search in Google Scholar
[
Dworken M. and J. Foster. 1958. Experiments with some microorganisms which utilize ethane and hydrogen. J. Bacteriol. 75: 592–601.10.1128/jb.75.5.592-603.195829011513538930
]Search in Google Scholar
[
Faisal M. and S. Hasnain. 2006. Plant growth promotion by Brevi-bacterium under chromium stress. Res. J. Bot. 1: 24–29.10.3923/rjb.2006.24.29
]Search in Google Scholar
[
Fu C. and R.J. Maier. 1991. Competitive inhibition of an energydependent nickel transport system by divalent cations in Brady-rhizobium japonicum JH. Appl. Environ. Microbiol. 57: 3511–3516.10.1128/aem.57.12.3511-3516.19911840041785926
]Search in Google Scholar
[
Gadd G.M. 1988. Accumulation of metals by microbes and algae. Biotechnology 60: 401–430.
]Search in Google Scholar
[
Hussein H., S.F. Ibrahim, K. Kandeel and H. Moawad. 2004. Biosorption of heavy metals from waste water using Pseudomonas sp. eJ. Biotechnol. 7(1). doi: 10.2225/vol7-issue1-fulltext-2.10.2225/vol7-issue1-fulltext-2
]Search in Google Scholar
[
Jiang W., A. Saxena, B. Song, B.B. Ward, T.J. Beveridge and S.C.B. Myneni. 2004. Elucidation of functional groups on gram positive and gram negative bacterial surfaces using infrared spectroscopy. Langmuir 20: 11433–11442.10.1021/la049043+
]Search in Google Scholar
[
Kaltwasser H. and W. Frings. 1980. Transport and metabolism of nickel in microorganisms, pp. 463–491. In: Nriagu J.O. (ed). Nickel in the environment. John Wiley & Sons, New York.
]Search in Google Scholar
[
Khodadoust A.P., K.R. Reddy and K. Maturi. 2004. Removal of nickel and phenanthrene from kaolin soil using different extractants. Environ. Eng. Sci. 21: 691–704.10.1089/ees.2004.21.691
]Search in Google Scholar
[
Nies D.H. 1999. Microbial heavy-metal resistance. Appl. Microbiol. Biotechnol. 51: 730–750.10.1007/s002530051457
]Search in Google Scholar
[
Patel J.S., C.P. Patel and K. Kalia. 2006. Isolation and characterization of nickel uptake by nickel resistant bacterial isolate (NiRBI). Biomed. Environ. Sci. 19: 297–301.
]Search in Google Scholar
[
Rajkumar M. and H. Freitas. 2008. Influence of metal resistantplant growth-promoting bacteria on the growth of Ricinus communis in soil contaminated with heavy metals. Chemosphere 71: 834–842.10.1016/j.chemosphere.2007.11.038
]Search in Google Scholar
[
Salvador M., G. Carolina and E. Jose. 2007. Novel nickel resistance genes from the rhizosphere metagenome of plants adapted to acid mine drainage. Appl. Environ. Microbiol. 73(19): 6001–6011.
]Search in Google Scholar
[
Sanders J.R., S.P. Mc Grath and T. Adams. 1987. Zn, Cu, and Ni concentration in soil extracts and crops grown on four soils treated with metal loaded sewage sludges. Environ. Pollut. 44: 193–210.
]Search in Google Scholar
[
Sar P., S.K. Kazy and S.P. Singh. 2001. Intracellular nickel accumulation by Pseudomonas aeruginosa and its chemical nature. Lett. Appl. Microbiol. 32: 257–261.10.1046/j.1472-765X.2001.00878.x
]Search in Google Scholar
[
Sar P., S.K. Kazy, R.K. Asthana and S.P. Singh. 1998. Nickel uptake by Pseudomonas aeruginosa: role of modifying factors. Current. Microbiol. 37: 306–311.10.1007/s002849900383
]Search in Google Scholar
[
Sau G.B., S. Chatterjee and S.K. Mukherjee. 2008. Isolation and characterization of a Cr(VI) reducing Bacillus firmus strain from industrial effluents. Pol. J. Microbiol. 57: 327–332.
]Search in Google Scholar
[
Schwyn B. and J.B. Neilands. 1987. Universal chemical assay for the detection and determination of siderophores. Analytical. Biochem. 160: 47–56.10.1016/0003-2697(87)90612-9
]Search in Google Scholar
[
Singh S., M. Zacharias, S. Kalpana and S. Mishra. 2012. Heavy metal accumulation and distribution pattern in different vegetable crops. J. Environ. Chem. Ecotoxicol. 4(10): 170–177.
]Search in Google Scholar
[
Sosa-Morales M.E., F. Guevara-Lara, V.M. Martinez-Juarez and O. Paredes-Lopez. 1997. Production of indole-3-acetic acid by mutant strains of Ustilago maydis (maize smut/huitlacoche). Appl. Microbiol. Biotechnol. 48: 726–729.10.1007/s002530051123
]Search in Google Scholar
[
Vos P., G. Garrity, D. Jones, N.R. Krieg,W. Ludwig, F.A. Rainey, K.H. Schleifer and W. Whitman. 2009. Bergey’s Manual of Systematic Bacteriology. 2nd ed. Vol. 3., Springer, New York, USA.
]Search in Google Scholar
[
Zhao H., H. Yan, S. Zhou, Y. Xue, C. Zhang, Lihuozhang, X. Dong, Q. Cui, Y. Zhang, B. Zhang and Z. Zhang. 2011. The growth promotion of mung bean (Phaseolus radiatus) by Enterobacter asburiae HPP16 in acidic soils. Afr. J. Biotechnol. 10(63): 13802–13814.
]Search in Google Scholar
