AUTHOR=Shaffique Shifa , Hussain Saddam , Kang Sang-Mo , Imran Muhammad , Kwon Eun-Hae , Khan Muhammad Aaqil , Lee In-Jung 

TITLE=Recent progress on the microbial mitigation of heavy metal stress in soybean: overview and implications

JOURNAL=Frontiers in Plant Science

VOLUME=Volume 14 - 2023

YEAR=2023

URL=https://www.frontiersin.org/journals/plant-science/articles/10.3389/fpls.2023.1188856

DOI=10.3389/fpls.2023.1188856

ISSN=1664-462X

ABSTRACT=Plants are adapted to defend themselves in a series of programming, reprogramming, and stress tolerance against various environmental stresses, such as heavy metal stress. Beneficial microbes play an essential role in mitigating heavy metal stress. We present a literature review describing the initiation of heavy metal tolerance mediated by plant inoculation with endophytes and plant growth-promoting rhizobacteria and the plant transduction pathways. Identification via sensing the annotation and contemporary changes from molecular to genomics. Overall, microbial inoculation is essential in mediating plant protection responses to heavy metal stress produced by a fluctuating climate.