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Effects of microplastics on soil microorganisms and microbial functions in nutrients and carbon cycling – A review
The Science of The Total Environment2024
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Sarva Mangala Praveena,
Sarva Mangala Praveena,
Yang Li,
Yongxiang Yu,
Sarva Mangala Praveena,
Sarva Mangala Praveena,
Yang Li,
Sarva Mangala Praveena,
Yang Li,
Tanveer M. Adyel
Binoy Sarkar,
Binoy Sarkar,
Yongxiang Yu,
Sarva Mangala Praveena,
Binoy Sarkar,
Sarva Mangala Praveena,
Sarva Mangala Praveena,
Sarva Mangala Praveena,
Sarva Mangala Praveena,
Sarva Mangala Praveena,
Nanthi Bolan,
Nanthi Bolan,
Sarva Mangala Praveena,
Tanveer M. Adyel
Yongxiang Yu,
Yongxiang Yu,
Tanveer M. Adyel
Nanthi Bolan,
Tanveer M. Adyel
Yongxiang Yu,
Vijay Kumar Aralappanavar,
Yongxiang Yu,
Nanthi Bolan,
Tanveer M. Adyel
Raj Mukhopadhyay,
Raj Mukhopadhyay,
Raj Mukhopadhyay,
Nanthi Bolan,
Nanthi Bolan,
Nanthi Bolan,
Nanthi Bolan,
Jingnan Liu,
Yang Li,
Yang Li,
Yang Li,
Yang Li,
Yang Li,
Sarva Mangala Praveena,
Sarva Mangala Praveena,
Nanthi Bolan,
Sarva Mangala Praveena,
Nanthi Bolan,
Sarva Mangala Praveena,
Sarva Mangala Praveena,
Raj Mukhopadhyay,
Yongxiang Yu,
Yang Li,
Yang Li,
Yang Li,
Jingnan Liu,
Tanveer M. Adyel
Jingnan Liu,
Raj Mukhopadhyay,
Tanveer M. Adyel
Nanthi Bolan,
Yongxiang Yu,
Nanthi Bolan,
Jörg Rinklebe,
Jörg Rinklebe,
Nanthi Bolan,
Yongxiang Yu,
Nanthi Bolan,
Tanveer M. Adyel
Tanveer M. Adyel
Jörg Rinklebe,
Tanveer M. Adyel
Yongxiang Yu,
Jörg Rinklebe,
Yongxiang Yu,
Tanveer M. Adyel
Yongxiang Yu,
Yongxiang Yu,
Yang Li,
Binoy Sarkar,
Binoy Sarkar,
Yang Li,
Yang Li,
Binoy Sarkar,
Binoy Sarkar,
Binoy Sarkar,
Binoy Sarkar,
Nanthi Bolan,
Nanthi Bolan,
Nanthi Bolan,
Nanthi Bolan,
Nanthi Bolan,
Nanthi Bolan,
Nanthi Bolan,
Nanthi Bolan,
Nanthi Bolan,
Nanthi Bolan,
Jörg Rinklebe,
Jörg Rinklebe,
Yongxiang Yu,
Yongxiang Yu,
Tanveer M. Adyel
Tanveer M. Adyel
Tanveer M. Adyel
Tanveer M. Adyel
Sarva Mangala Praveena,
Binoy Sarkar,
Binoy Sarkar,
Binoy Sarkar,
Binoy Sarkar,
Binoy Sarkar,
Yang Li,
Yang Li,
Yang Li,
Yang Li,
Jingnan Liu,
Yongxiang Yu,
Yongxiang Yu,
Sarva Mangala Praveena,
Yongxiang Yu,
Yongxiang Yu,
Jörg Rinklebe,
Nanthi Bolan,
Yang Li,
Jörg Rinklebe,
Tanveer M. Adyel
Amit Bhatnagar,
Tanveer M. Adyel
Nanthi Bolan,
Nanthi Bolan,
Binoy Sarkar,
Tanveer M. Adyel
Yongxiang Yu,
Nanthi Bolan,
Nanthi Bolan,
Nanthi Bolan,
Yongxiang Yu,
Yang Li,
Binoy Sarkar,
Yang Li,
Binoy Sarkar,
Yongxiang Yu,
Yongxiang Yu,
Yongxiang Yu,
Tanveer M. Adyel
Yang Li,
Tanveer M. Adyel
Nanthi Bolan,
Yang Li,
Sarva Mangala Praveena,
Jörg Rinklebe,
Amit Bhatnagar,
Nanthi Bolan,
Nanthi Bolan,
Nanthi Bolan,
Sarva Mangala Praveena,
Nanthi Bolan,
Yang Li,
Jörg Rinklebe,
Nanthi Bolan,
Amit Bhatnagar,
Yang Li,
Jörg Rinklebe,
Binoy Sarkar,
Jörg Rinklebe,
Jörg Rinklebe,
Binoy Sarkar,
Yang Li,
Nanthi Bolan,
Nanthi Bolan,
Raj Mukhopadhyay,
Yang Li,
Nanthi Bolan,
Yang Li,
Yang Li,
Yang Li,
Yongxiang Yu,
Yongxiang Yu,
Yongxiang Yu,
Binoy Sarkar,
Mike Paller,
Yang Li,
Nanthi Bolan,
Mike Paller,
Nanthi Bolan,
Tanveer M. Adyel
Jörg Rinklebe,
Yang Li,
Nanthi Bolan,
Nanthi Bolan,
Yang Li,
Tanveer M. Adyel
Nanthi Bolan,
Jörg Rinklebe,
Jörg Rinklebe,
Jörg Rinklebe,
Tanveer M. Adyel
Nanthi Bolan,
Jörg Rinklebe,
Binoy Sarkar,
Jörg Rinklebe,
Nanthi Bolan,
Nanthi Bolan,
Jörg Rinklebe,
Nanthi Bolan,
Nanthi Bolan,
Tanveer M. Adyel
Jörg Rinklebe,
Tanveer M. Adyel
Binoy Sarkar,
Nanthi Bolan,
Jörg Rinklebe,
Sarva Mangala Praveena,
Tanveer M. Adyel
Summary
This review examines how microplastics in soil alter the communities of bacteria and fungi that are essential for recycling nutrients like nitrogen, phosphorus, and carbon. Microplastics can increase certain beneficial bacteria but decrease others that are important for soil fertility, and they also carry toxic chemicals that further disrupt microbial life. The authors note that most studies are short-term lab experiments, and long-term field studies are needed to understand real-world impacts.
The harmful effects of microplastics (MPs) pollution in the soil ecosystem have drawn global attention in recent years. This paper critically reviews the effects of MPs on soil microbial diversity and functions in relation to nutrients and carbon cycling. Reports suggested that both plastisphere (MP-microbe consortium) and MP-contaminated soils had distinct and lower microbial diversity than that of non-contaminated soils. Alteration in soil physicochemical properties and microbial interactions within the plastisphere facilitated the enrichment of plastic-degrading microorganisms, including those involved in carbon (C) and nutrient cycling. MPs conferred a significant increase in the relative abundance of soil nitrogen (N)-fixing and phosphorus (P)-solubilizing bacteria, while decreased the abundance of soil nitrifiers and ammonia oxidisers. Depending on soil types, MPs increased bioavailable N and P contents and nitrous oxide emission in some instances. Furthermore, MPs regulated soil microbial functional activities owing to the combined toxicity of organic and inorganic contaminants derived from MPs and contaminants frequently encountered in the soil environment. However, a thorough understanding of the interactions among soil microorganisms, MPs and other contaminants still needs to develop. Since currently available reports are mostly based on short-term laboratory experiments, field investigations are needed to assess the long-term impact of MPs (at environmentally relevant concentration) on soil microorganisms and their functions under different soil types and agro-climatic conditions.