with current state of knowledge, this review focuses on recent advancements in functional roles PGPB in chromium stressed soil in accelerating growth and development of plants and phytoremediation of chromium in tandem
other heavy metals have been excluded from this discussion as chromium and its derivatives are the most commonly detected metal contaminants at the polluted sites and produce pronounced mutagenic and carcinogenic effects on organisms even at low concentration wood preservation, pyrotechnics, glass, ceramics and dye synthesis.