{"title":"The Plants that Suck Up Metal","authors":"Prof. Dr. Ute Krämer","doi":"10.1002/germ.201870307","DOIUrl":null,"url":null,"abstract":"<p>Contamination with heavy metals can threaten entire ecosystems. The plant <i>Arabidopsis halleri</i> has developed an amazing survival strategy. Scientists are now examining how the insights gained through this research can be applied in the biological remediation of soil and water.</p>","PeriodicalId":100584,"journal":{"name":"German Research","volume":"40 3","pages":"18-23"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0000,"publicationDate":"2019-01-31","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://sci-hub-pdf.com/10.1002/germ.201870307","citationCount":"12","resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":null,"PeriodicalName":"German Research","FirstCategoryId":"1085","ListUrlMain":"https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/germ.201870307","RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":null,"ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":null,"EPubDate":"","PubModel":"","JCR":"","JCRName":"","Score":null,"Total":0}
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Abstract
Contamination with heavy metals can threaten entire ecosystems. The plant Arabidopsis halleri has developed an amazing survival strategy. Scientists are now examining how the insights gained through this research can be applied in the biological remediation of soil and water.