Understanding plant biology and related microbial ecology as a means to phytoremediate soil and groundwater contamination has broadened and advanced the field of environmental engineering and science over the past 30 years. Using plants to transform and degrade xenobiotic organic pollutants delivers new methods for environmental restoration. Manipulations of the plant microbiome through bioaugmentation, endophytes, adding various growth factors, genetic modification, and/or selecting the microbial community via insertion of probiotics or phages for gene transfer are future areas of research to further expand this green, cost-effective, aesthetically pleasing technology─phytoremediation.

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植物修复、生物强化和植物微生物组

在过去的 30 年里，将植物生物学和相关微生物生态学作为植物修复土壤和地下水污染的一种手段，已经拓宽和推进了环境工程和科学领域。利用植物转化和降解异生有机污染物为环境恢复提供了新方法。通过生物强化、内生菌、添加各种生长因子、基因改造和/或通过插入益生菌或噬菌体进行基因转移来选择微生物群落来操纵植物微生物组是未来的研究领域，以进一步扩展这种绿色、成本效益高、美观的令人愉悦的技术─植物修复。