Accepted Manuscript Nickel phytoextraction through bacterial inoculation in Raphanus sativus Muhammad Javed Akhtar, Sana Ullah, Iftikhar Ahmad, Abdul Rauf, Sajid Mahmood Nadeem, Muhammad Yahya Khan, Sabir Hussain, Laura Bulgariu PII: S0045-6535(17)31510-2 DOI: 10.1016/j.chemosphere.2017.09.136 Reference: CHEM 20009 To appear in: ECSN Received Date: 23 June 2017 Revised Date: 17 September 2017 Accepted Date: 20 September 2017 Please cite this article as: Akhtar, M.J., Ullah, S., Ahmad, I., Rauf, A., Nadeem, S.M., Khan, M.Y., Hussain, S., Bulgariu, L., Nickel phytoextraction through bacterial inoculation in Raphanus sativus, Chemosphere (2017), doi: 10.1016/j.chemosphere.2017.09.136. This is a PDF file of an unedited manuscript that has been accepted for publication. As a service to our customers we are providing this early version of the manuscript. The manuscript will undergo copyediting, typesetting, and review of the resulting proof before it is published in its final form. Please note that during the production process errors may be discovered which could affect the content, and all legal disclaimers that apply to the journal pertain.