ABSTRACT
Environmental pollution due to industrialization and extraction of natural resources on a large scale is responsible for degradation of environmental health. Thus, removal of organic and inorganic pollutants from soil is a priority for both scientists and the public authorities. Arbuscular mycorrhizal fungi–assisted phytoremediation is a promising environmentally friendly and cost-effective approach to plant-based remediation to clean up soil and water contaminated with organic and inorganic pollutants. Arbuscular mycorrhizal fungi facilitate the absorption of nutrients from the soil and help their translocation to host plants, sequester potentially deleterious metals, and can stimulate soil microbial activity, contributing to the overall biodegradation of soil pollutants. This chapter aims to present recent findings that emphasize the potential of arbuscular mycorrhizae fungi to phytoremediate soil polluted with heavy metals and organic pollutants as well as to discuss the possible mechanism of this fungi-plant phytotechnology in their remediation.
