[Retracted] Advances in Heavy Metal Bioremediation: An Overview

Table 2

Heavy metal distribution in environment and microorganisms involved in biodegradation.

Heavy metal	Distribution	Microorganism	Reference
As	Soil, volcanic eruption	Sporosarcina ginsengisoli	[46, 47]
Cd	Soil, sedimentary rocks, water	Bacillus sp.; Klebsiella planticola	[48–50]
Cr	All environments	Bacillus cereus strain XMCr-6; Bacillus cereus; Pseudomonas putida; Enterobacter cloacae B2-DHA; Bacillus subtilis	[51–54]
Pb	Soil	Rhodobacter sphaeroides; Leclercia adecarboxylata; Kocuria flava	[55]
Hg	Water, soil, and air	Bacillus sp. strain CSB_B078; Klebsiella pneumoniae isolate; Enterobacter sp. strain 08; Acinetobacterseohaensis strain	[56]
Cu	Earth’s crust, oceans, lakes, and rivers	Kocuria flava	[57]
Zn	Surface water, soil, and rock	Pseudomonas putida	[58, 59]
Ni	Air, soil, sediments, and water	Desulfovibrio desulfuricans; Bacillus licheniformis	[60, 61]
Co	Air, soil, and water	Bacillus sp.; Rhodopseudomonas palustris	[49, 62, 63]

As: arsenic; Cd: cadmium; Cr: chromium; Pb: lead; Hg: mercury; Cu: copper; Zn: zinc; Ni: nickel; Co: cobalt.