title: Increasing phytoremediation efficiency and reliability using novel omics approaches.
abstract: Phytoremediation is a cost-effective green alternative to traditional soil remediation technologies, but has experienced varied success in practice. The recent omics revolution has led to leaps in our understanding of soil microbial communities and plant metabolism, and some of the conditions that promote predictable activity in contaminated soils and heterogeneous environments. Combinations of omics tools and new bioinformatics approaches will allow us to understand integrated activity patterns between plants and microbes, and determine how this metaorganism can be modified to maximize growth, appropriate assembly of microbial communities, and, ultimately, phytoremediation activity. Here we provide an overview of how new omics-mediated discoveries can potentially be translated into an effective and reliable environmental technology.
authors.affiliation: Biodiversity Centre, Institut de recherche en biologie végétale, Université de Montréal and Jardin botanique de Montréal, Montreal, QC, Canada.
authors.forename: Terrence H
authors.initials: TH
authors.lastname: Bell
authors.affiliation: Biodiversity Centre, Institut de recherche en biologie végétale, Université de Montréal and Jardin botanique de Montréal, Montreal, QC, Canada.
authors.forename: Simon
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Joly
authors.affiliation: Biodiversity Centre, Institut de recherche en biologie végétale, Université de Montréal and Jardin botanique de Montréal, Montreal, QC, Canada.
authors.forename: Frédéric E
authors.initials: FE
authors.lastname: Pitre
authors.affiliation: National Research Council Canada, Energy, Mining and Environment, Montreal, QC, Canada. Electronic address: etienne.yergeau@cnrc-nrc.gc.ca.
authors.forename: Etienne
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Yergeau
mesh_terms: D001673:Biodegradation, Environmental; D019295:Computational Biology / Q000379:methods*; D023281:Genomics / Q000379:methods*; D064307:Microbiota; D010944:Plants / Q000737:chemistry* / Q000235:genetics* / Q000378:metabolism / Q000382:microbiology; D040901:Proteomics / Q000379:methods*; D012987:Soil / Q000737:chemistry; D012989:Soil Pollutants / Q000378:metabolism
chemical_list: D012987:Soil; D012989:Soil Pollutants
keywords: bioremediation; metagenomics; metaorganism; metatranscriptomics; next-generation sequencing; phytoremediation