Biodiversity Prospecting for Phytoremediation of Metals in the Environment

Abstract

Biodiversity prospecting would lead to the discovery of wild plants that could clean polluted environments of the world. This theme is at its infancy with a great anticipation for commercial. The flourishing monitoring methods for toxic metals in the environment are based on biosensors (microbe–metal interaction), i.e., gene- and protein-based biosensors. The fundamental aspects of microbe–plant stress responses to different doses of toxic metals together with breakthrough in biotechnology-based research innovations would successfully provide answers for application of biodiversity in advancement of phytoremediation technology. The appropriate plant selection vis-à-vis the phytoextraction is the key for bioprospecting.