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In this study, we isolated an endophytic microorganism,\n                    <jats:italic>A. lwoffii<\/jats:italic>\n                    MA1, from spinach seeds that is tolerant to cadmium. Pot experiments demonstrated that enriching seeds with\n                    <jats:italic>A. lwoffii<\/jats:italic>\n                    MA1 increased the Cd content in spinach from 0.82 to 0.94\u202fmg\/kg, while microbial sequencing counts rose from 139.77 to 247.82, indicating that the addition of\n                    <jats:italic>A. lwoffii<\/jats:italic>\n                    MA1 affects Cd levels in spinach. Inoculation with\n                    <jats:italic>A. lwoffii<\/jats:italic>\n                    MA1 enhanced the microbial diversity of the spinach rhizosphere soil compared to the non-inoculated control, suggesting that the introduction of this endophytic strain positively modulates the indigenous soil microbial community. Subsequent analyses of the adsorption mechanism using SEM, ATR-FTIR, affinity chromatography, and mass spectrometry revealed that\n                    <jats:italic>A. lwoffii<\/jats:italic>\n                    MA1 captures positively charged Cd\n                    <jats:sup>2+<\/jats:sup>\n                    through negatively charged cell surface groups such as amino and carboxyl groups. Additionally, three membrane proteins in the cell membrane may also play important roles in the adsorption process, including the TonB-dependent receptor, the RND transporter AdeIJK, and the outer membrane protein assembly factor BamD. 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