Raw amplicon sequencing data for: Interactive effects of nitrogen deposition and microplastics on rhizosphere soil microbial communities in Populus kangdingensis

Summary

Scientists tested how microplastics (from plastic pollution) and nitrogen pollution together affect the soil bacteria and fungi living around poplar tree roots. This is a raw dataset release, not a full results paper, so it doesn't yet tell us the actual findings, but it's building the groundwork for understanding how these two common environmental pollutants might combine to disrupt soil ecosystems that plants, and ultimately our food and environment, depend on.