ORIGINAL RESEARCH article
Front. Microbiol., 15 February 2023
Sec. Terrestrial Microbiology
Volume 13 - 2022 | https://doi.org/10.3389/fmicb.2022.1027284
RETRACTED: Immobilization of metribuzin-degrading bacteria on biochar: Enhanced soil remediation and bacterial community restoration
Abdul Qadeer Wahla 1
Samina Anwar 1
Muhammad Irfan Fareed 2
Wasiq Ikram 3,4
Liaqat Ali 5
Hesham F. Alharby 6,7
Atif A. Bamagoos 6
Afaf A. Almaghamsi 8
Samina Iqbal 1*
Shafaqat Ali 9,10*
1. Soil and Environmental Biotechnology Division, National Institute for Biotechnology and Genetic Engineering College, Pakistan Institute of Engineering and Applied Sciences (NIBGE-C, PIEAS), Faisalabad, Punjab, Pakistan
2. Department of Life Sciences, School of Science, University of Management and Technology, Johar Town, Lahore, Pakistan
3. School of Botany, Minhaj University Lahore (MUL), Lahore, Pakistan
4. Department of Biology, University of Okara, Renala Khurd, Okara, Pakistan
5. Department of Soil and Environmental Sciences, University of Agriculture Faisalabad, Sub Campus Burewala, Vehari, Pakistan
6. Department of Biological Sciences, Faculty of Science, King Abdulaziz University, Jeddah, Saudi Arabia
7. Plant Biology Research Group, Department of Biological Sciences, Faculty of Science, King Abdulaziz University, Jeddah, Saudi Arabia
8. Department of Biology, College of Science, University of Jeddah, Jeddah, Saudi Arabia
9. Department of Environmental Science, Government College University, Faisalabad, Pakistan
10. Department of Biological Sciences and Technology, China Medical University, Taichung, Taiwan
Summary
Citation
Wahla AQ, Anwar S, Fareed MI, Ikram W, Ali L, Alharby HF, Bamagoos AA, Almaghamsi AA, Iqbal S and Ali S (2023) RETRACTED: Immobilization of metribuzin-degrading bacteria on biochar: Enhanced soil remediation and bacterial community restoration. Front. Microbiol. 13:1027284. doi: 10.3389/fmicb.2022.1027284
Received
24 August 2022
Accepted
03 October 2022
Published
15 February 2023
Volume
13 - 2022
Edited by
Shaohua Chen, South China Agricultural University, China
Reviewed by
Sajjad Ahmad, South China Agricultural University, China; Sajjad Raza, Nanjing University of Information Science and Technology, China
Updates
This article was submitted to Terrestrial Microbiology, a section of the journal Frontiers in Microbiology
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