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Effects of cadmium contamination on bacterial and fungal communities in Panax ginseng-growing soil

Researchers examined how cadmium (a toxic heavy metal) contamination in soil affects the microbial communities around ginseng crops, finding that even low cadmium levels significantly disrupted bacterial diversity more than fungal diversity. Certain bacterial groups that tolerate cadmium became dominant, while beneficial microbes declined — changes that could affect soil health and ginseng safety.

2022 BMC Microbiology 44 citations
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The effect of intercropping leguminous green manure on theanine accumulation in the tea plant: A metagenomic analysis

Researchers examined how intercropping tea plants with leguminous green manure affects the accumulation of theanine, a key amino acid in tea. Using soil DNA analysis, they found that the green manure promoted nitrogen-cycling bacteria that enhanced nutrient availability for the tea plants. While the study focuses on agricultural practices, it provides insight into how soil microbial communities respond to different cropping strategies.

2023 Plant Cell & Environment 21 citations
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Metagenomics reveals the response of desert steppe microbial communities and carbon-nitrogen cycling functional genes to nitrogen deposition

Researchers used metagenomics to study how nitrogen deposition affects soil microbial communities and carbon-nitrogen cycling in desert steppe ecosystems. The study provides insights into how anthropogenic nitrogen inputs alter microbial functional gene expression, which can influence broader soil ecosystem processes.

2024 Frontiers in Microbiology 13 citations
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Long-Term Compost Amendment Changes Interactions and Specialization in the Soil Bacterial Community, Increasing the Presence of Beneficial N-Cycling Genes in the Soil

Researchers found that long-term compost amendment significantly altered soil bacterial community structure and functional specialization, increasing microbial network complexity and promoting functional guilds associated with organic matter decomposition compared to non-amended soils.

2022 Agronomy 20 citations
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Moderate Nitrogen Reduction Increases Nitrogen Use Efficiency and Positively Affects Microbial Communities in Agricultural Soils

A field study found that moderate nitrogen reduction did not significantly reduce crop yield due to increased nitrogen use efficiency driven by higher available phosphorus and potassium, while short-term nitrogen changes had limited effects on soil microbial community structure but increased nitrification-related bacterial functions.

2023 Agriculture 25 citations
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Soil microbial community composition and nitrogen enrichment responses to the operation of electric power substation

Researchers collected soil samples from seven sites at varying distances from an electric power substation in southeastern China and used metagenomic sequencing to characterize microbial diversity and nitrogen cycling processes. They found that proximity to the substation reduced nitrogen fixation capacity and increased nitrification, with soil moisture, pH, and electrical conductivity identified as key determinants of community composition.

2024 Research Square (Research Square)
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The impact of different preceding crops on soil nitrogen structure and nitrogen cycling in tobacco-planting soil

Researchers examined how the crop grown in a field before tobacco affects soil nitrogen levels and the microbial genes responsible for nitrogen cycling, finding that barley and rapeseed as preceding crops significantly increased available nitrogen while suppressing key nitrification genes. The results suggest crop rotation can meaningfully shape soil nutrient dynamics and microbial communities, with implications for sustainable tobacco farming.

2024 Scientific Reports 8 citations
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Effect of Nitrogen Addition on Tiger Nut (Cyperus esculentus L.) Rhizosphere Microbial Diversity and Drive Factions of Rhizosphere Soil Multifunctionality in Sandy Farmland

Not relevant to microplastics — this study investigates how nitrogen fertilizer addition affects rhizosphere microbial diversity and soil multifunctionality in tiger nut crops grown in sandy farmland.

2024 Agronomy 3 citations
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Maize root-soil microbial interactions and their effects on soil health and yield

Researchers examined interactions between maize roots and soil microbial communities, investigating how root-microbe dynamics influence soil health indicators and crop yield. The study found specific rhizosphere microbial associations that promote nutrient availability and plant productivity.

2024 TURKISH JOURNAL OF AGRICULTURE AND FORESTRY
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Inter-phylum negative interactions affect soil bacterial community dynamics and functions during soybean development under long-term nitrogen fertilization

Researchers found that the growth stage of soybean plants had a stronger influence on soil bacterial communities than 16 years of nitrogen fertilization, while fertilization more strongly shaped nitrogen-processing gene activity. Negative interactions between certain bacterial groups helped explain how soil microbial communities change over a crop's growing season.

2021 Stress Biology 15 citations
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Differences in the Microbial Composition and Function of the Arundo donax Rhizosphere Under Different Cultivation Conditions

Researchers compared the microbial communities in the root zones of giant reed (Arundo donax) grown in hydroponic versus soil conditions. The study found that hydroponic cultivation resulted in lower microbial diversity but higher abundances of nitrogen-fixing and photosynthetic bacteria, providing insights into how cultivation methods influence root-associated microorganism communities.

2024 Microorganisms 2 citations
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Linear responses of soil microbiomes, metagenomic and metabolomic functioning across ecosystems along water gradients in the Altai region, northwestern China

Researchers analyzed soil microbial communities, their genetic functions, and metabolic profiles across four ecosystems along a water gradient in the Altai region of China. Microbial diversity and carbon and nitrogen cycling functions increased linearly with soil moisture, demonstrating how hydrology shapes ecosystem-level microbial processes.

2023 Research Square (Research Square) 1 citations
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Research progress on the effects of different fertilizers on soil microorganisms

This review examines how different fertilizer types — chemical, organic, and compound — affect soil microbial communities, summarizing research on how fertilizer-induced changes in microbial diversity and function influence nutrient cycling and crop yield.

2025 BIO Web of Conferences
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Metagenomics reveals the effect of long-term fertilization on carbon cycle in the maize rhizosphere

Metagenomics analysis of maize rhizosphere soil revealed that long-term chemical nitrogen fertilizer treatments increased abundance of genes regulating the reductive citrate cycle for carbon fixation, while straw return treatments increased carbon degradation gene abundance.

2023 Frontiers in Microbiology 19 citations
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Application of Organic Fertilizer Changes the Rhizosphere Microbial Communities of a Gramineous Grass on Qinghai–Tibet Plateau

Researchers examined how organic fertilizer application altered rhizosphere microbial communities in a gramineous grass, finding significant shifts in bacterial diversity and composition that may influence nutrient cycling and soil health in grassland ecosystems.

2022 Microorganisms 26 citations
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Nitrogen and phosphorus addition affects community assembly and network structure of phyllosphere and rhizosphere microbiomes in the Inner Mongolia steppe

Researchers examined how nitrogen and phosphorus addition altered bacterial and fungal community assembly and network structure in phyllosphere and rhizosphere microbiomes of an Inner Mongolian steppe, finding that nutrient addition decreased diversity, shifted assembly toward deterministic processes for bacteria and stochastic processes for fungi, and increased network complexity while reducing stability.

2026 Ecological Processes
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Polyethylene microplastics induce microbial functional reprogramming via rhizosphere network disruption, accelerating soil decline

Researchers used metabolomics and metagenomics to study how polyethylene microplastics affect the rhizosphere ecosystem of the medicinal plant Angelica sinensis. The study found that increasing microplastic concentrations disrupted microbial network stability, shifted metabolic pathways toward stress adaptation, and reduced soil quality, with bacteria serving as primary regulatory hubs in mediating these ecosystem-level changes.

2025 Journal of Environmental Management 1 citations
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Soil-Microbial CNP Content and Ecological Stoichiometry Characteristics of Typical Broad-Leaved Tree Communities in Fanjing Mountain in Spring

This paper is not about microplastics; it examines soil microbial carbon, nitrogen, and phosphorus stoichiometry across four subtropical forest types in Fanjing Mountain, China, to understand nutrient cycling and microbial nutrient limitations.

2024 Diversity 3 citations
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Polyethylene microplastic and soil nitrogen dynamics: Unraveling the links between functional genes, microbial communities, and transformation processes

Researchers conducted a six-month experiment to understand how polyethylene microplastics in soil affect nitrogen cycling, a process critical for soil fertility and plant nutrition. They found that while total nitrogen levels stayed stable, microplastics significantly altered the forms of nitrogen present by increasing ammonium and nitrate while decreasing dissolved organic nitrogen. The study suggests that microplastics reshape soil microbial communities and their nitrogen-processing activities, potentially disrupting the natural nutrient balance in agricultural soils.

2023 Journal of Hazardous Materials 102 citations
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Culturomics and Amplicon-Based Metagenomic Insights into the Bacteria of Soils with High Yield of Oryza sativa L. subsp. Japonica

Researchers used culturomics and amplicon-based metagenomics to characterise bacterial communities in rhizosphere and bulk soils of high-yield Oryza sativa japonica paddy fields, identifying the microorganisms contributing to rice growth adaptability. The combined approach revealed the taxonomic composition and functional potential of the bacterial community in the paddy field agroecosystem.

2023 Agronomy 3 citations