Magister Scientiae - MSc (Biotechnology) / The yearly increase of global population will result in a greater demand for crop production, but with the climates changes and a lack of available agricultural land it will become increasingly more difficult to provide sufficient crops to feed everyone adequately. Application of the PGPE has proven over the past researches to be able enhance growth of plants via various growth promoting mechanisms. To identify suitable growth promoting bacteria candidate, E. plantagineum plant was used to isolate endophytes from the root after surface sterilization. The isolates bacteria were used to inoculate Brassica napus L seeds. The effects of isolate's ability to promote growth were evaluated based on the certain growth parameters after 42 days in the green house. Isolate CP5 produced highest results in all growth parameter. Isolates CP5 was selected as potential candidate as significant improvement was shown by this isolate. This isolate was tested for the ability to produce ACC deaminase, solubilize phosphate, synthesize IAA and siderophore production. Furthermore isolate CP5 growth promotion abilities was tested on Brassica napus L under antimony stress. / 2021-08-31

Submitted by Jorge Silva (jorgelmsilva@ufrrj.br) on 2017-06-29T19:03:41Z No. of bitstreams: 1 2015 - Francine Yuriko Otsuka Rocha.pdf: 2503949 bytes, checksum: b9cea1d05fae4647a2e2459b6401ecc0 (MD5) / Made available in DSpace on 2017-06-29T19:03:41Z (GMT). No. of bitstreams: 1 2015 - Francine Yuriko Otsuka Rocha.pdf: 2503949 bytes, checksum: b9cea1d05fae4647a2e2459b6401ecc0 (MD5) Previous issue date: 2015-09-09 / CAPES / The fusarium wilt caused by Fusarium oxysporum f. sp. lycopersici is a disease of economic importance to tomato crop (Lycopersicon esculentum Mill.) because of the losses caused in the production. This study aimed to select bacteria belonging to the genus Bacillus which have antagonistic activity to fungi present in tomato producing areas. It was obtained 193 bacterial isolates from tomato roots and stems. We performed the complete sequencing 16S rRNA subunit of 32 bacteria from the work collection using the 27F and Amp2 primers. These bacteria were randomly selected, and 20 bacteria were obtained from healthy tomato plants. The results showed a high similarity to species of the genus Bacillus: B. thuringiensis, B. megaterium, B. cereus, B. toyonensis, B. stratosphericus and Paenibacillus barcinonensis. Evaluation of the functional characteristics of the bacterial strains showed that 72% possess proteolytic activity, 78% have cellulolytic activity, 48% are able to solubilize inorganic phosphate, 42% solubilize zinc oxide and 40.8% are able to produce indols. Antagonism tests carried out in vitro showed that some bacterial strains reduced the mycelial growth of the three races of the fungus when subjected to direct method (parallel streaks). An experiment was conducted using the genotypes Debora Plus, Santa Clara Miss Brazil, Perinha and Carolina in order to select a sensitive tomato genotype to the three fungal races. The Perinha variety was the most susceptible for races 1, 2 and 3 and presented the highest percentage of fungal colonization. Thus, this variety was used in a greenhouse experiments to evaluate the antagonistic role of the Bacillus strains against three fungal races. The antagonistic activity of bacteria was assessed 15 days after transplanting of the tomato seedlings to contaminated substrate. The results showed that the B. stratosphericus strain contributed to control at least 93.25% of the damage caused by race 1, strains from species B. megaterium and B. thuringiensis controlled 100% the damage caused by race 2 and at least 67.35% of the disease caused by the race 3 of the fungus. The results suggest that some strains have the potential to control race 1, 2 and 3 of the F. oxysporum f. sp. lycopersici and have functional activities that may contribute to improving the growth of tomato plants. However, field studies are needed to confirm the role of these Bacillus species during the interaction with tomato plants grown in soil contaminated with the race 1, 2 and 3 of the fusarium wilt. / A murcha-de-fus?rio causada por Fusarium oxysporum f. sp. lycopersici ? uma doen?a de grande import?ncia econ?mica para a cultura do tomateiro (Lycopersicon esculentum Mill.) devido as perdas que ocasiona na produ??o. O presente estudo teve como objetivo selecionar bact?rias pertencentes ao g?nero Bacillus que apresentam atividade antag?nica para aplica??o em ?reas produtoras de tomate infestadas pelo fungo. Foram obtidos 193 isolados de bact?rias de ra?zes e hastes de tomateiro. Foi realizado o sequenciamento completo da subunidade 16S RNAr de 32 isolados da cole??o de trabalho, utilizando os iniciadores 27F e Amp2. Essas bact?rias foram selecionadas aleatoriamente, sendo que 20 bact?rias foram obtidas de tomateiro sadio. Os resultados mostraram uma alta similaridade das estirpes com as esp?cies do g?nero Bacillus: B. thuringiensis, B. megaterium, B. cereus, B. toyonensis, B. stratosphericus, al?m da esp?cie Paenibacillus barcinonensis. Testes para avaliar as caracter?sticas funcionais das estirpes bacterianas in vitro mostraram que 72% das estirpes possuem atividade proteol?tica, 78% possuem atividade celulol?tica, 48% solubilizam fosfato inorg?nico, 42% solubilizam zinco e 40,8% s?o capazes de produzir indol. Testes de antagonismo realizados in vitro mostraram que algumas estirpes bacterianas retardaram ou reduziram o crescimento micelial das tr?s ra?as do fungo quando submetidos ao m?todo de a??o direta (estrias paralelas). Com o objetivo de selecionar um gen?tipo de tomateiro sens?vel as tr?s ra?as do fungo, foi instalado um experimento utilizando os gen?tipos D?bora Plus, Santa Clara Miss Brasil, Perinha e Carolina. A variedade Perinha foi a mais suscet?vel as ra?as 1, 2 e 3 j? que apresentou um maior percentual de coloniza??o do fungo. A atividade antag?nica das bact?rias foi avaliada 15 dias ap?s o transplantio das mudas de tomate da variedade Perinha para o substrato contaminado. Os resultados mostraram que a estirpe da esp?cie B. stratosphericus controlou cerca de 93,25% das plantas crescidas na presen?a da ra?a 1 do fungo. J? as esp?cies B. megaterium e B. thuringiensis controlaram 100% da doen?a das plantas de tomateiro cultivadas em substrato com a ra?a 2 e de 67,35% das plantas cultivadas em substrato com a ra?a 3 do fungo. Os resultados obtidos sugerem que algumas estirpes possuem potencial para controle de F. oxysporum f. sp. lycopersici ra?a 1, 2 e 3 e possuem atividades funcionais que podem contribuir para a melhoria do crescimento das plantas de tomateiro cultivadas em ?reas infestadas com o fungo. Entretanto, estudos em campo s?o necess?rios para confirmar o papel dessas esp?cies de Bacillus na intera??o com plantas de tomateiro cultivadas na presen?a das ra?as 1, 2 e 3 da murcha de fus?rio.

A cana-de-açúcar é um dos cultivos mais importantes no Brasil. Estima-se que uma parte do nitrogênio total de algumas variedades de cana-de-açúcar seja obtida pela interação com microrganismos endofíticos diazotróficos. Na maior parte de sua vida, os endofíticos habitam o interior de plantas sem causar nenhum sintoma aparente de doença. O estudo de interação microrganismos/plantas foi realizado utilizando-se co-culturas entre bactérias endofíticas diazotróficas e calos de cana-de-açúcar. Em presença do calo: Enterobacter sp. ICB113, ICB117 e ICB481 foram estimuladas e mantidas em elevadas populações; Klebsiella sp. ICB375 e Pseudomonas sp. ICB383 tiveram seu número reduzido e mantiveram-se em números estáveis; e Pantoea sp. ICB409 foi totalmente eliminada, demonstrando, assim, que a planta exerce um controle sobre os microrganismos. O modelo calo de cana-de-açúcar/bactéria endofítica diazotrófica foi capaz de evidenciar diferentes interações entre vegetal e bactéria, assim como, diferentes níveis de resposta de defesa da célula vegetal. / The sugarcane is one of the most important crops in Brazil. It is estimated that a portion of the total nitrogen of some varieties of sugarcane is obtained by interaction with diazotrophic endophytic microorganisms. In most of his life, the endophytes inhabit the interior of plants without causing any obvious signs of disease. The interaction study microorganisms/plants was performed using co-cultures among endophytic diazotrophic bacteria and sugarcane calluses. In the presence of callus : Enterobacter sp . ICB113 , ICB117 and ICB481 were stimulated and maintained in large populations ; Klebsiella sp . ICB375 and Pseudomonas sp. ICB383 had their numbers reduced and remained in stable numbers, and Pantoea sp. ICB409 was completely eliminated, thus demonstrating that the plant has a control over microorganisms. The model sugarcane callus/endophytic diazotrophic bacteria was able to show different interactions between plants and bacteria , as well as different levels of defense response of the plant cell.

Bacteriocinas são proteínas antimicrobianas produzidas por bactérias com importante papel na ecologia microbiana. Neste trabalho foram avaliados a produção e os efeitos destas proteínas numa fração da comunidade bacteriana de citros, pertencente aos gêneros Methylobacterium e Curtobacterium, isolada de Citrus sinensis (laranjeiras - plantas saudáveis, sintomáticas para CVC, assintomáticas para CVC) e Citrus reticulata (tangerina). Foi observada, para ambos os gêneros, uma alta freqüência de isolados produtores de bacteriocinas na comunidade endofíticas avaliada. Foi observado que esta freqüência foi maior em populações provenientes de plantas assintomáticas para CVC e em plantas de tangerina. Em Methylobacterium, as populações obtidas de plantas de tangerina e de plantas sintomáticas para CVC apresentaram uma maior freqüência de isolados produtores de bacteriocinas. Por outro lado, a população de Curtobacterium provenientes de plantas sintomáticas para CVC, apresentou a menor freqüência de isolados produtores bacteriocina. Proteínas de 3 isolados de C. flaccumfaciens foram parcialmente caracterizadas bioquimicamente, permitindo a sua classificação como bacteriocinas que foram denominadas de endoficinas. Uma destas bacteriocinas, a endoficina L foi escolhida para ser melhor caracterizada. A endoficina L parcialmente purificada apresentou um peso molecular estimado de 14 kDa e atividade in gel, e atingiu seu nível máximo de produção na fase estacionária e foi ativa contra bactérias Gram-positivas e Gram-negativas, incluindo patógenos humanos e de plantas. Para a caracterização do gene envolvido na produção desta bacteriocina uma biblioteca, em cosmídeo, de fragmentos de DNA com 40 kb foi construída e um clone exibindo atividade bacteriocinogênica foi subclonado e parcialmente seqüenciado. Esta análise revelou um operon de 2,0 kb consistindo de pelo menos três genes preditos envolvidos na produção desta bacteriocina. Análises in silico sugeriram que a endoficina L deva ser uma bacteriocina do tipo toxina que pode ser uma candidata em potencial como agente no controle biológico de X. fastidiosa e outros fitopatógenos. Os resultados obtidos sugerem que, quando C. flaccumfaciens produtores de bacteriocinas estão presentes em plantas de citros podem inibir X. fastidiosa. Por outro lado, o crescimento de X. fastidiosa parece ser favorecido pela presença de Methylobacterium a qual produz bacteriocinas contra Curtobacterium. A primeira interação poderia ser mediada por bacteriocinas como a endoficina L. Sugere-se uma interação cíclica entre tais microrganismos. O conhecimento da interação entre tais bactérias endofíticas representa um avanço no entendimento dos aspectos ecológicos da interação planta-microrganismo. / Bacteriocins are antimicrobial proteins produced by bacteria, which play a role in microbial ecology. In this work we examined the bacteriocin production and it effects under a citrus bacterial communities belonged to Curtobacterium and Methylobacterium genera isolated from Citrus sinensis (sweet orangeuninfected, symptomatic, CVC-asymptomatic) and Citrus reticulata (tangerine) . We found a high levels of bacteriocin production for both genera, these frequencies were higher in asymptomatic and tangerine plants. The highest production frequencies for Methylobacterium strains were from tangerine and symptomatic plants. C. flaccumfaciens strains from symptomatic plants presented the lowest bacteriocin frequency. Proteins from three strains of C. flaccumfaciens were partially biochemically characterized and further classified as bacteriocins termed endophycins. One of them the endophycin L, was picked for deep investigation. The endophycin L partially purified had a molecular weight estimated of 14 kDa and exhibited in gel activity. Endophycin L production started at the exponential phase and reached its highest point during the stationary phase. It was capable of inhibiting the growth of Gram-positive and Gram-negative bacteria, incluiding several human and plant pathogens. In order to characterize the related to this bacteriocin production. One cosmid clone containing a 40-Kb fragment from a genomic library of C. flaccumfaciens was selected for its bacteriocinogenic ability The fragment was subcloned and DNA sequencing revealed a 2-kb operon consisting of at least three putative genes related to endophycin production. In silico analyses suggested that endophycin L is a toxin-like bacteriocin, this bacteriocin could be a potential candidate as biological control agent against X. fastidiosa and other plant pathogens. The data indicated that when C. flaccumfaciens producers are present it inhibits X. fastidiosa, conversely X. fastidiosa growth seems to be favored by Methylobacterium species and the first interaction could be mediated by endophycins, such as endophycin L. Thus, we suggest a cyclic interaction among these microorganisms. We demonstrated that knowledge of the interaction among those endophytic bacteria represent an advance about plantmicroorganism ecological aspects.

Agarwood mainly formed by Aquilaria species is an economically and pharmaceutically important natural product used for the production of incense, perfumes and traditional medicines in Asia. Endophytic bacteria are potentially important in producing pharmaceutical compounds found in the plants. The aim of this research is to isolate, classify and identify major endophytic bacteria groups associated with agarwood of Aquilaria crassna species in Khanh Hoa province, Vietnam. Agarwood samples were collected and surface-sterilized, and total endophytic bacteria were isolated on Tryptic Soy Agar by the spread plate method. Major bacterial groups were classified according to the Bergey’s system. The 16S rRNA gene fragments were amplified using PCR method, and bacterial isolates were identified using this gene sequence similarity based method. The results showed that from 0.121 g of agarwood, total 26 bacterial isolates were purified and divided into 7 separated groups, in which the group II of Gram-positive spore-forming bacteria was the most dominant. Especially, two dominant strains, T14 of group II, and T15 of group VII, were identified as Bacillus pumilus and Alcaligenes faecalis, respectively.!To our knowledge, it is the first time that biodiversity of bacterial endophytes associated with agarwood from Aquilaria crassna in Vietnam has been reported, which requires of further study to understand the relationship of endophytic bacteria to agarwood-producing Aquilaria crassna species as well as explore their potential applications towards the development of valuable bioactive compounds. / Trầm hương, chủ yếu được tạo ra từ các loài cây Dó (Aquilaria), là một sản phẩm tự nhiên có giá trị kinh tế và y học đã được sử dụng để sản xuất hương, nước hoa và các dược phẩm truyền thống ở châu Á. Vi khuẩn nội cộng sinh thực vật được cho là một nguồn quan trọng cho các dược phẩm có nguồn gốc thực vật. Mục tiêu của nghiên cứu này là nhằm phân lập, phân loại và định danh các nhóm vi khuẩn chính trên Trầm hương Khánh Hòa, Việt Nam. Các mẫu Trầm hương được thu nhận và vô trùng bề mặt dùng để phân lập vi khuẩn tổng số trên môi trường TSA bằng phương pháp trải đĩa. Các nhóm vi khuẩn chính được phân loại dựa theo hệ thống chuẩn Bergey. Đoạn gen mã hóa 16S rRNA được khuếch đại bằng phương pháp PCR, và các chủng vi khuẩn được định danh bằng phép so sánh độ tương đồng trình tự của đoạn gen này. Kết quả cho thấy từ 0,121 g mẫu trầm hương, chúng tôi đã phân lập được 26 chủng vi khuẩn và phân chúng vào 7 nhóm chính, trong đó nhóm II bao gồm các vi khuẩn Gram dương sinh bào tử là nhóm chiếm ưu thế nhất. Đặc biệt, có 2 chủng ưu thế là chủng T14 thuộc nhóm II và chủng T15 thuộc nhóm VII đã được định danh tương ứng là Bacillus pumilus và Alcaligenes faecalis.!Đây là nghiên cứu đầu tiên về đa dạng sinh học của các nhóm vi khuẩn chính trên Trầm hương Khánh Hòa. Vì vậy, cần có những nghiên cứu tiếp theo nhằm tìm hiểu mối quan hệ giữa các vi khuẩn nội cộng sinh với cây Dó bầu (Aquilaria crassna) tạo trầm cũng như khai thác những ứng dụng tiềm năng của các vi khuẩn này theo hướng phát triển các hoạt chất sinh học có giá trị.

Submitted by Jorge Silva (jorgelmsilva@ufrrj.br) on 2018-09-21T19:29:33Z No. of bitstreams: 1 2016 - Caroline Barra Sales Khayat da Costa.pdf: 5220401 bytes, checksum: 553248261c960b6b5fb62cadb1b26ebf (MD5) / Made available in DSpace on 2018-09-21T19:29:33Z (GMT). No. of bitstreams: 1 2016 - Caroline Barra Sales Khayat da Costa.pdf: 5220401 bytes, checksum: 553248261c960b6b5fb62cadb1b26ebf (MD5) Previous issue date: 2016-07-26 / CAPES / One of the most known and important process in nature is the biological nitrogen fixation (FBN). Few classes of microorganisms perform this process; named diazotrophics that associated with plants is an important alternative to enhance nitrogen nutrition in agricultural systems. Diazotrophic bacterial population in association with sugarcane improves the yield due to its ability to colonize the inner roots of the host plant and do not provoke any pathogenicity signal. Quantitative analyzes have indicated that selection of combinations of endophytic diazotrophic strains when associated with sugarcane varieties can improve the yield and therefore varieties of sugarcane may be better exploited in order to benefit this association for agricultural purposes. Thus, this work proposes to monitor the establishment of diazotrophic bacteria present in the inoculant of Embrapa, during the initial development of sugarcane plants. Micro-propagated sets of the sugarcane variety RB867515 were inoculated individually and with a mixture of five nitrogen fixing bacteria strains that compose the sugarcane inoculant: Nitrospirillum amazonense (CBAmC) Paraburkholderia tropica (Ppe8) Gluconacetobacter diazotrophicus (Pal5) Herbaspirillum seropedicae (HRC54) and Herbaspirillum rubrisubalbicans (HCC103). Plants were grown in a greenhouse and harvested 30 days after planting. Fresh root material was separated for evaluation of the establishment of the strains by bacterial counting using the technique of Most Probable Number (MPN), absolute quantification by Real Time PCR (qPCR), besides the identification of the inoculated strains through analysis of the rDNA profile of the pellicle formed in the respective semisolid media using the BOX-PCR technique. The results of bacterial count diazotrophic present in the roots by NMP showed that the treatments inoculated in the control (native population) showed higher population of bacterial cells around 105 cells by fresh root mass, but not statistically significant. The methodology qPCR permitted quantitation of the number of 16S rDNA copies in the order of 105 bacterial cells g - 1 fresh weight root, showing that there were differences in the population of endophytic species that colonize the roots of sugarcane. The profiles of BOX -PCR of the respective pellicles formed in semisolid media did not show high similarity (> 80 %) with the profile of the species inoculated for most of the treatments. The results obtained indicate that the qPCR technique showed the establishment of some of the inoculated strains in sugar cane buds while the NMP technique showed no significant difference between treatments inoculated and non-inoculated possibly due to the lower sensitivity of the method. / Um dos processos mais conhecidos e importantes na natureza ? a fixa??o biol?gica de nitrog?nio atmosf?rico (FBN). Este processo ? realizado por algumas classes de microrganismos, denominados diazotr?ficos, que associados com esp?cies vegetais s?o uma alternativa importante para aprimorar a nutri??o nitrogenada nos sistemas agr?colas. As popula??es de bact?rias fixadoras de nitrog?nio atmosf?rico quando associadas ? cultura da cana-de-a??car melhoram a produ??o e, ao colonizarem o interior das ra?zes promovem benef?cios ?s plantas hospedeiras. An?lises quantitativas t?m indicado que a sele??o das combina??es de estirpes de bact?rias diazotr?ficas endof?ticas e variedades de cana-de-a??car podem ser melhor exploradas com o objetivo de aperfei?oar a associa??o para finalidades agr?colas. Assim, o presente trabalho prop?e monitorar o estabelecimento das bact?rias diazotr?ficas presentes no inoculante para cana-de- a??car da Embrapa, durante o desenvolvimento inicial planta. Toletes propagados da variedade RB867515 de cana-de-a??car foram inoculados individualmente e com a mistura das cinco estirpes de bact?rias diazotr?ficas: Nitrospirillum amazonense (CBAmC), Paraburkholderia tropica (PPe8), Gluconacetobacter diazotrophicus (Pal5), Herbaspirillum seropedicae (HRC54) e Herbaspirillum rubrisubalbicans (HCC103). As plantas foram crescidas em casa de vegeta??o e coletadas 30 dias ap?s o plantio, sendo separado o material vegetal para avalia??o do estabelecimento das estirpes pela t?cnica do N?mero Mais Prov?vel (NMP) e quantifica??o absoluta por PCR em Tempo Real (qPCR). Adicionalmente foi feita a identifica??o das estirpes inoculadas atrav?s da an?lise do perfil de rDNA das pel?culas bacterianas formadas nos respectivos meios semiss?lidos pela t?cnica de BOX-PCR. Os resultados obtidos da contagem de bact?rias diazotr?ficas presente nas ra?zes por NMP mostrou que os tratamentos inoculados em rela??o ao controle (popula??o nativa), apresentaram uma maior popula??o de c?lulas bacterianas em torno de 105 c?lulas por massa fresca de raiz, por?m n?o significativa. A metodologia de qPCR permitiu a quantifica??o do n?mero de c?pias do 16S rDNA, da ordem de 105 c?lulas bacterianas g-1 massa fresca de raiz, mostrando que houve diferen?a na popula??o das esp?cies diazotr?ficas endof?ticas que colonizam as ra?zes de cana-de-a??car. Os perfis obtidos por BOX-PCR das pel?culas formadas nos respectivos meios semiss?lidos n?o mostraram alta similaridade (>80%) com o perfil das esp?cies inoculadas para a maioria dos tratamentos inoculados. Os resultados obtidos indicam que a t?cnica de qPCR permitiu mostrar o estabelecimento de algumas estirpe do inoculante nos toletes de cana-de a??car enquanto que a t?cnica de NMP n?o mostrou diferen?a significativas entre os tratamentos inoculados e n?o inoculados possivelmente pela menor sensibilidade da metodologia.

Bacterial endophytes are the organisms that live inside the plant for a full or a part of their life cycle. Endophytic bacteria have captured the interest of agriculture industry due to their plant beneficial properties, such as synthesis of phytohormones, solubilization of soil nutrients, and alleviation of biotic and abiotic stresses. Several studies have reported that stress tolerant endophytic bacteria can work with a similar performance as non-stressed conditions when inoculated to the plants under stressed conditions. Combination of abiotic stresses such as salinity, drought and low nitrogen stress can have additive or agonistic effects on bacterial and plant growth, and their interactions. However, very few studies have reported the impact of combined stress on endophytic bacterial assisted plant growth promotion. Therefore, understanding the underlying mechanisms of endophytic bacterial assisted plant’s tolerance abiotic stresses may provide the means of better exploiting the beneficial abilities of endophytic bacteria in agricultural production. Thus, the aim of this thesis was to study the stress tolerance mechanisms, beneficial characteristics, and plant growth promotion characteristics of endophytic bacteria under individual and combined abiotic stresses. Transcriptome analysis of endophytic bacteria revealed that tolerance mechanisms to deal with one kind of stress is different than concurrent stresses. Salinity and drought stress largely modulated the genes involved in flagellar assembly and membrane transport, showing reduced motility under stress conditions to preserve the energy. Additionally, bacterial endophyte that can fix nitrogen was studied with maize plant growth promotion under drought and low nitrogen stress conditions. The results suggested that diazotrophic bacterial endophyte can promote plant growth under moderate individual and combined stress conditions. Plant growth promoting endophytic bacteria can be utilized as an efficient tool to increase crop production under individual and concurrent abiotic stresses.

Ce travail a pour objectif de tester des solutions viables et durables pour la phytoremédiation de sols contaminés en éléments traces. Il inclut à la fois des données sur l'évaluation initiale et résiduelle des risques (biomonitoring) et sur des solutions de phytomanagement à long terme utilisant des plantes et microorganismes associés, en particulier la phytoextraction aidée couplant l’épuisement du pool labile de contaminants du sol, la production de matière première végétale et la restauration de services écosystémiques. La phytotoxicité du Cu, le rôle améliorant des amendements organiques et minéraux et la tolérance des plantes ont été examinés utilisant des essais biologiques ainsi qu’une technique de dilution du sol. L'utilité d’une lignée de mutant de tournesol (Helianthus annuus) et d’une lignée parental de tabac (Nicotiana tabacum) pour le biomonitoring de sols contaminés en Cu a été investiguée. Les paramètres biochimiques qui sont en relation avec le statut antioxidant des plantes et leurs réponses moléculaires à l’excès de Cu ont en général montré une plus grande sensibilité que les traits morphologiques. Le tabac est plus tolérant au Cu que le tournesol. Des bactéries endophytes issues de différentes sources, notamment des graines d’une population métallicole d’une graminée (Agrostis capillaris) peuvent stimuler la croissance du tournesol et du tabac aux expositions en Cu modérément en excès. Pour ces plantes annuelles, accumulatrices secondaires du Cu et à phénotype d’exclusion, l'augmentation de la capacité de phytoextraction de Cu par les parties aériennes s’effectue principalement par l’accroissement de la biomasse aérienne, plutôt que par celui de sa concentration en Cu. Par conséquent, une attention a été prêtée aux pratiques agricoles dans les essais en parcelles sur site. Plusieurs options d’amélioration ont été examinées in situ: l'application d’amendements du sol, l'utilisation de lignées de mutants et de variants somaclonaux, la rotation de cultures et des cultivars, la bioaugmentation, la fertilisation, l’irrigation, etc. Deux lignées de mutants et des cultivars commerciaux de tournesol ainsi qu’une lignée parentale de tabac ont montré un fort potentiel pour la phytoextraction du Cu, accompagné d’une production significative de graines et/ou autre biomasse valorisable. Les solutions de restauration écologique basées sur la phytoextraction, utilisant des plantes annuelles accumulatrices secondaires de Cu permettraient (1) la décontamination progressive des sols contaminés en Cu au cours des rotations culturales, (2) un retour financier lié à la valorisation de la biomasse végétale, et (3) la restauration de services écosystémiques. / This work aimed at assessing sustainable phytoremediation options for trace element-contaminated soils. It includes both the assessment of initial and residual risks (biomonitoring) and long-term sustainable decontamination options using plants and associated microbes, especially aided phytoextraction with the secondary purposes of producing plant-based feedstock and restoring ecosystem services. Copper phytotoxicity, the improving role of soil conditioners, and plant tolerance were tested using a bioassay as well as a fading technique. The usefulness of a mutant line of sunflower (Helianthus annuus) and a motherline of tobacco (Nicotiana tabacum) for the biomonitoring of Cu-contaminated soils was investigated. Biochemical parameters in relation to antioxidant status of plants and molecular responses to Cu excess generally showed a greater sensitivity than morphologic ones. Tobacco has a higher Cu tolerance than sunflower. Endophytic bacteria from various sources, notably from the seeds of metallicolous populations of grasses (Agrostis capillaris) can promote the growth of sunflower and tobacco exposed to Cu excess. For annual Cu-secondary accumulator plants with an excluder phenotype, increase in shoot Cu removal occurred primarily through increase in shoot biomass, rather than in shoot Cu concentration. Therefore, attention in field trials was paid to agricultural practices. Various improving options were tested in situ: application of soil amendments, the use of mutant lines and somaclonal variation, cultivars and crop rotation, bioaugmentation, fertilization, irrigation, etc. Two mutant lines and some commercial cultivars of sunflower as well as the motherline of tobacco showed a high potential for Cu phytoextraction as well as for plant-based feedstock. Ecological restoration options for Cu-contaminated soils based on phytoextraction using annual Cu-secondary accumulator plants with a high shoot biomass would (1) result in the progressive decontamination of Cu-contaminated soils during crop rotations, (2) provide a financial return through biomass valorization, and (3) promote ecosystem services.