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Review
Summary
This manuscript investigated how microplastic and microglass particles affect microbial community structure in soil microcosms, finding that plastic contamination alters terrestrial microbial communities in ways that have been far less studied than impacts on marine wildlife.
This manuscript investigates the effects of microplastic and microglass particles on the structure of microbial communities in soil using soil microcosms that have been spiked with these contaminants.The issue of micro-particles in the environment is very topical, and while there is a lot of information about the impact of macro-plastics on wildlife e.g.marine animals, there is relatively little information on the impact of microparticles on microbial populations in terrestrial environments.In this respect, this manuscript is timely.However, the explanation of the experimental design was lacking, and therefore the results should be interpreted with care.