Phytoremediation Index Page The use of plants to extract, sequester, and detoxify elemental and organic pollutants.

	Why use phytoremediaiton?
	A major distinction between elemental and organic pollutants.
	Mercury pollution (sources and mercury cycle)
	Phytoremediation strategies for mercury
	Two bacterial enzymes efficiently detoxify mercury species
	MerA expressing Arabidopsis on Hg(II) containing medium
	MerA expressing tobacco on Hg(II) contaminated soil
	MerA expressing cottonwood on Hg(II) contaminated soil
	MerA & MerB expressing Arabidopsis on methylmercury
	Arsenic pollution (sources and consequences)
	Phytoremediation strategies for arsenic
	ArsC and ECS together produce high level arsenic resistance

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