Rout Yasaswinee, Swain Soumya Sephalika, Ghana Madhusmita, Dash Debabrata, Nayak Shubhransu
Central National Herbarium, Botanical Survey of India, 711103, Howrah, West Bengal, India.
Odisha Biodiversity Board, Nayapalli, Bhubaneswar, 751015, India.
Open Life Sci. 2024 May 31;19(1):20220870. doi: 10.1515/biol-2022-0870. eCollection 2024.
The microbiome is the synchronised congregation of millions of microbial cells in a particular ecosystem. The rhizospheric, phyllospheric, and endospheric microbial diversity of lower groups of plants like pteridophytes, which includes the Ferns and Fern Allies, have also given numerous alternative opportunities to achieve greener and sustainable agriculture. The broad-spectrum bioactivities of these microorganisms, including bioremediation of heavy metals (HMs) in contaminated soil, have been drawing the attention of agricultural researchers for the preparation of bioformulations for applications in climate-resilient and versatile agricultural production systems. Pteridophytes have an enormous capacity to absorb HMs from the soil. However, their direct application in the agricultural field for HM absorption seems infeasible. At the same time, utilisation of Pteridophyte-associated microbes having the capacity for bioremediation have been evaluated and can revolutionise agriculture in mining and mineral-rich areas. In spite of the great potential, this group of microbiomes has been less studied. Under these facts, this prospective review was carried out to summarise the basic and applied research on the potential of Pteridophyte microbiomes for soil bioremediation and other agricultural applications globally. Gaps have also been indicated to present scopes for future research programmes.
微生物群是特定生态系统中数百万个微生物细胞的同步聚集。像蕨类植物(包括蕨类植物和蕨类近缘植物)这样的低等植物的根际、叶际和内生微生物多样性,也为实现更绿色和可持续的农业提供了众多其他机会。这些微生物的广谱生物活性,包括对污染土壤中重金属的生物修复,一直吸引着农业研究人员,以制备用于气候适应型和多功能农业生产系统的生物制剂。蕨类植物具有从土壤中吸收重金属的巨大能力。然而,它们直接应用于农业领域以吸收重金属似乎不可行。与此同时,对具有生物修复能力的与蕨类植物相关的微生物的利用已经得到评估,并且可以彻底改变矿业和矿产丰富地区的农业。尽管具有巨大潜力,但这一组微生物群的研究较少。基于这些事实,进行了这项前瞻性综述,以总结全球范围内蕨类植物微生物群在土壤生物修复和其他农业应用方面的基础研究和应用研究。还指出了差距,为未来的研究计划提供了空间。