[HTML][HTML] Microplastics alter soil structure and microbial community composition

L Han, L Chen, Y Feng, Y Kuzyakov, S Zhang… - Environment …, 2024 - Elsevier
Microplastics (MPs), including conventional hard-to-biodegrade petroleum-based and faster
biodegradable plant-based ones, impact soil structure and microbiota in turn affecting the …

[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 …

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 …

Effects of microplastics on soil microbiome: The impacts of polymer type, shape, and concentration

Y Sun, C Duan, N Cao, X Li, X Li, Y Chen… - Science of the Total …, 2022 - Elsevier
Increasing research has recognized that the ubiquitous presence of microplastics in
terrestrial environments is undeniable, which potentially alters the soil ecosystem properties …

The microplastisphere: biodegradable microplastics addition alters soil microbial community structure and function

J Zhou, H Gui, CC Banfield, Y Wen, H Zang… - Soil Biology and …, 2021 - Elsevier
Plastics accumulating in the environment, especially microplastics (defined as particles< 5
mm), can lead to a range of problems and potential loss of ecosystem services …

Effects of polyethylene microplastics on properties, enzyme activities, and the succession of microbial community in Mollisol: At the aggregate level

G Qiu, Q Wang, Q Wang, T Wang, Z Kang, Y Zeng… - Environmental …, 2023 - Elsevier
Soil, as a heterogeneous body, is composed of different-sized aggregates. There is limited
data available on the potential role of microplastics (MPs) in microbial properties at the soil …

Microplastic particles alter wheat rhizosphere soil microbial community composition and function

J Zhu, S Liu, H Wang, D Wang, Y Zhu, J Wang… - Journal of Hazardous …, 2022 - Elsevier
The wide existence of microplastics (MPs) in the terrestrial systems is proved by–many
studies, and their presence could potentially change the soil chem-physical properties and …

Changes in bacterial community structures in soil caused by migration and aging of microplastics

H Liu, L Yue, Y Zhao, J Li, Y Fu, H Deng, D Feng… - Science of The Total …, 2022 - Elsevier
Microplastics (MPs) are classified as emerging pollutants and greatly threatens soil
ecosystems. To determine the impact of microplastic migration on soil bacterial diversity, we …

Microplastics reduce soil microbial network complexity and ecological deterministic selection

J Shi, Y Sun, X Wang, J Wang - Environmental Microbiology, 2022 - Wiley Online Library
Microplastics have been proposed as emerging threats for terrestrial systems as they may
potentially alter the physicochemical/biophysical soil environments. Due to the variety of …

Microplastics drive microbial assembly, their interactions, and metagenomic functions in two soils with distinct pH and heavy metal availability

J Meng, W Li, C Diao, Z Li, J Zhao, G Haider… - Journal of Hazardous …, 2023 - Elsevier
Microplastics (MPs) have emerged as widely existing global environmental concerns in
terrestrial ecosystems. However, the mechanisms that how MPs are affecting soil microbes …