Soil naturally comprises heavy metals but due to the rapid industrialization and
anthropogenic events such as uncontrolled use of agrochemicals their concentration is
heightened up to a large extent across the world. Heavy metals are non-biodegradable and
persistent in nature thereby disrupting the environment and causing huge health threats to
humans. Exploiting microorganisms for the removal of heavy metal is a promising approach
to combat these adverse consequences. The microbial remediation is very crucial to prevent …