[HTML][HTML] Polyethylene microplastics alter soil microbial community assembly and ecosystem multifunctionality

Z Liu, J Wen, Z Liu, H Wei, J Zhang - Environment International, 2024 - Elsevier
Although pervasive microplastics (MPs) pollution in terrestrial ecosystems invites increasing
global concern, impact of MPs on soil microbial community assembly and ecosystem …

Long-term fertilization history alters effects of microplastics on soil properties, microbial communities, and functions in diverse farmland ecosystem

HZ Li, D Zhu, JH Lindhardt, SM Lin… - … Science & Technology, 2021 - ACS Publications
Microplastics (MPs) pollution has caused a threat to soil ecosystem diversity and functioning
globally. Recently, an increasing number of studies have reported effects of MPs on soil …

Impacts of conventional and biodegradable microplastics in maize-soil ecosystems: Above and below ground

Z Liu, Z Wu, Y Zhang, J Wen, Z Su, H Wei… - Journal of Hazardous …, 2024 - Elsevier
The increasing accumulation of microplastics (MPs) in agroecosystems has raised
significant environmental and public health concerns, facilitating the application of …

Microplastics alter soil enzyme activities and microbial community structure without negatively affecting plant growth in an agroecosystem

T Shah, A Ali, G Haider, M Asad, F Munsif - Chemosphere, 2023 - Elsevier
Despite the enormous benefits that plastics bring to our daily lives, plastics accumulate in
the environment, especially microplastics (MPs; defined as particles< 5 mm), which can …

Polyethylene microplastics can attenuate soil carbon sequestration by reducing plant photosynthetic carbon assimilation and transfer: evidence from a 13C-labeling …

Z Liu, Z Su, J Chen, J Zou, Z Liu, Y Li, J Wang… - Journal of Cleaner …, 2023 - Elsevier
Microplastics (MPs) are emerging environmental pollutants that potentially affect soil carbon
(C) cycling. However, how MPs influence photosynthesized C flow from plants to soil …

Microplastics increase soil microbial network complexity and trigger diversity-driven community assembly

W Li, Y Xiao - Environmental Pollution, 2023 - Elsevier
The widespread existence of microplastics (MPs) in soil has been extensively demonstrated,
and their presence would ineluctably change soil physicochemical properties and microbial …

Microbes drive metabolism, community diversity, and interactions in response to microplastic-induced nutrient imbalance

J Shi, Z Wang, Y Peng, Z Zhang, Z Fan, J Wang… - Science of The Total …, 2023 - Elsevier
The impact of conventional and biodegradable microplastics on soil nutrients (carbon and
nitrogen) has been widely examined, and the alteration of nutrient conditions further …

[HTML][HTML] Microplastics alter the equilibrium of plant-soil-microbial system: A meta-analysis

Y Jia, Z Cheng, Y Peng, G Yang - Ecotoxicology and Environmental Safety, 2024 - Elsevier
Microplastics (MPs) are widely identified as emerging hazards causing considerable eco-
toxicity in terrestrial ecosystems, but the impacts differ in different ecosystem functions …

[HTML][HTML] Sub-micron microplastics affect nitrogen cycling by altering microbial abundance and activities in a soil-legume system

K Kim, IG Song, H Yoon, JW Park - Journal of Hazardous Materials, 2023 - Elsevier
Recently, the environmental and agricultural impact of plastic waste has attracted
considerable attention. Here, we investigated the impact of sub-micron polyethylene (PE) …

[HTML][HTML] Comparing the long-term responses of soil microbial structures and diversities to polyethylene microplastics in different aggregate fractions

J Hou, X Xu, H Yu, B Xi, W Tan - Environment International, 2021 - Elsevier
Microplastics (MPs) alter soil aggregation stability. However, studies have yet to determine
whether these alterations further affect microbial community structures and diversities within …