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Supplementary information forSoil microplastics pollution can reduce viral abundance and have less consistent impacts on bacteria

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Researchers found that soil microplastic pollution can reduce viral abundance in soil and have inconsistent effects on soil microbial communities, with the supporting data documenting experimental measurements of viral density and microbial diversity across soils with varying levels of MP contamination.

Supplementary information forSoil microplastics pollution can reduce viral abundance and have less consistent impacts on bacteria

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