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Although BVOC production may impose metabolic costs on bacteria, the benefits gained by VOC\u2010emitting bacteria through BVOC\u2010mediated communication with plants remain unclear. In this study, we established Pb\u2010stressed conditions for\n                    <jats:styled-content style=\"fixed-case\">\n                      <jats:italic>Bacillus megaterium<\/jats:italic>\n                    <\/jats:styled-content>\n                    ,\n                    <jats:styled-content style=\"fixed-case\">\n                      <jats:italic>Arabidopsis thaliana<\/jats:italic>\n                    <\/jats:styled-content>\n                    or both organisms to investigate their reciprocal interactions. Pb\u2010stressed bacteria emitted a distinct VOC profile and exhibited significant reprogramming of sugar and nitrogen\u2010containing carbon metabolism compared with unstressed bacteria. Plant growth inhibition caused by Pb was alleviated by VOCs emitted from unstressed bacteria; however, this alleviation was enhanced by 36% when the bacteria were exposed to Pb stress, indicating that Pb\u2010induced changes in bacterial VOC metabolism trigger distinct plant responses. Specifically, Pb accumulation increased by up to 95% in plant shoot, whereas oxidative damage markers, including malondialdehyde and H\n                    <jats:sub>2<\/jats:sub>\n                    O\n                    <jats:sub>2<\/jats:sub>\n                    , decreased by up to 25% in plants exposed to VOCs from Pb\u2010stressed bacteria compared with those exposed to VOCs from Pb\u2010unstressed bacteria. These effects were associated with increased expression of antioxidant enzyme\u2010related genes in plants exposed to VOCs from Pb\u2010stressed bacteria. Finally, we confirmed that the Pb\u2010stressed bacteria\u2010mediated increases in plant growth and Pb uptake were accompanied by alleviation of the Pb stress\u2010induced reduction in bacterial population. 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