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Correction to: Effect of Polyvinyl Chloride Microplastics on Bacterial Community and Nutrient Status in Two Agricultural Soils
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This is a correction notice for a previously published study on how polyvinyl chloride microplastics affect soil bacterial communities and nutrient levels, fixing mislabeled bacterial groups in one figure. The underlying finding — that PVC microplastics alter soil microbial communities — remains valid.
The original version of the article unfortunately contained a mistake in Fig. 3. In this figure, norank_o_DS-100 and Niastella were mistakenly labelled with α-Proteobacteria and Firmicutes, respectively. The correct lineage is given below.
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