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Consequently, optimizing remediation measures has become a pivotal means to solve cadmium contamination. Compared to traditional physical and chemical remediation methods, microbial remediation has great potential in addressing cadmium pollution. In this study, a novel bacterial strain, Chryseobacterium sp. HGX-24, exhibiting high cadmium resistance was successfully isolated and screened from cadmium-contaminated environments. A preliminary discussion of the response mechanisms of this strain under cadmium stress is provided. Additionally, preliminarily explored the synergistic remediation of microbial-plant in cadmium-contaminated soil. Under conditions of high cadmium concentration, cadmium ions were effectively adsorbed by strain HGX-24 through extracellular polymers and functional groups on the cell wall surface, including \u2212COOH, \u2212CONH\u2212, \u2212NH, \u2212OH, and &gt;C=O. Extracellular proteins and polysaccharides were secreted by strain HGX-24 to regulate the adverse effects of heavy-metal cadmium ions on bacterial growth. Furthermore, the expression of genes such as antioxidant defense and ROS scavenging (katG, fabG, ybjT), Fe-S cluster assembly (sufB, sufD), sulfur metabolism (cysAU), amino acid metabolism (hisA, cysD, aspC), phenylacetic acid catabolism (paaC), and ribosomal proteins (rplC, rpsC, rpsL, rplA, rplY, rpmC) was regulated, affecting the synthesis and metabolism of membrane transporters (ABC transporters and efflux RND transporters), antioxidant enzymes (SOD, COT, POD), Fe-S clusters, thioredoxin family proteins, and ribosomal proteins, thereby enhancing resistance to cadmium toxicity. 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