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Structural and Functional Characteristics of Soil Microbial Communities in Forest–Wetland Ecotones: A Case Study of the Lesser Khingan Mountains

Researchers examined soil microbial communities across a forest-to-wetland gradient in China's Lesser Khingan Mountains, comparing mixed forest, conifer forest, wetland edge, and natural wetland. Natural wetland soils harbored the most distinct bacterial communities, driven primarily by high organic matter, nitrogen, and phosphorus content.

2025 Life 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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Types of vegetables shape composition, diversity, and co-occurrence networks of soil bacteria and fungi in karst areas of southwest China

Researchers examined how different vegetable crops influence the composition of soil bacteria and fungi in karst landscapes of southwest China. They found that the type of vegetable grown significantly shaped the diversity and co-occurrence patterns of soil microbial communities. The findings provide a foundation for understanding how agricultural practices affect soil health in ecologically fragile karst environments.

2023 BMC Microbiology 16 citations
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Soil horizons regulate bacterial community structure and functions in Dabie Mountain of the East China

This paper is not relevant to microplastics research — it examines how soil horizon depth influences bacterial community structure and nutrient cycling functions in mountain forest soils.

2023 Scientific Reports 8 citations
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Bacterioplankton Community Structure and Its Relationship with Environmental Factors in the Coastal Waters Around the Changli Gold Coast National Nature Reserve in Northern China

Researchers investigated bacterioplankton community structure in coastal waters around a Chinese nature reserve, finding significant seasonal variability in nutrients and identifying key environmental drivers—including nitrogen, phosphorus, and carbon—of bacterial community composition.

2025 Water
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Comparison of the response of microbial communities to region and rootstock disease differences in tobacco soils of southwestern China

This study compared microbial communities in tobacco-growing soils across different regions of southwestern China to understand how regional differences and rootstock diseases affect soil microbiomes. The findings provide insight into the interactions between microbial communities, geographic variation, and plant disease occurrence. The results have implications for maintaining soil health and improving tobacco crop yield and quality.

2023 Frontiers in Microbiology 11 citations
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Bacterial life-history trade-offs under biodegradable and conventional microplastics in cinnamon and lime concretion black soils

Researchers studied how two biodegradable and four conventional microplastics affect bacterial life-history trade-offs in two distinct Chinese soil types, finding that soil type and plastic type together shaped bacterial diversity, community composition, and functional profiles.

2025 Journal of Hazardous Materials
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Contrasting the diversity patterns and processes of microbial community assembly in water and sediment in Lake Wuchang, China

This study investigated how bacterial communities are distributed between water and sediment in Lake Wuchang, China, finding that different ecological processes drive community assembly in each habitat. Understanding these microbial patterns helps clarify ecosystem function in freshwater lakes.

2022 Research Square (Research Square) 7 citations
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Differences, links, and roles of microbial and stoichiometric factors in microplastic distribution: A case study of five typical rice cropping regions in China

Researchers investigated microplastic distribution across five major rice-growing regions in China, finding that microbial community composition and soil stoichiometric factors like carbon-to-nitrogen ratios significantly influenced microplastic accumulation patterns in agricultural soils.

2022 Frontiers in Microbiology 20 citations
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Homogenization of bacterial plastisphere community in soil: a continental-scale microcosm study

Researchers conducted a large-scale study across 99 sites in China to examine how bacteria colonize microplastics in soil compared to surrounding soil communities. The study found that bacterial communities on polyethylene microplastics were much more uniform than those in the soil itself, suggesting that the consistent properties of plastic surfaces drive a standardized microbial community. Evidence indicates that soil pH, carbon content, and temperature all influence how different the plastic-associated bacteria are from nearby soil microbes.

2024 ISME Communications 30 citations
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The microplastics distribution characteristics and their impact on soil physicochemical properties and bacterial communities in food legumes farmland in northern China

Researchers surveyed farmland soil across five provinces in northern China and found microplastic contamination ranging from 1,600 to over 36,000 particles per kilogram of soil. Most of the microplastics were small fibers and fragments, primarily from agricultural plastic film and organic fertilizer use. The study found that microplastic presence altered soil properties and shifted bacterial community composition, suggesting these particles may affect soil health in food-growing regions.

2024 Journal of Hazardous Materials 26 citations
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Effects of Film Mulching on Soil Microbial Diversity and Community Structure in the Maize Root Zone under Drip Irrigation in Northwest China

A field study in Northwest China examined how different plastic film mulching practices affected soil microbial diversity and community structure in drip-irrigated maize fields across the growing season.

2024 Agronomy 6 citations
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Effects of residual mulching films with different mulching years on the diversity of soil microbial communities in typical regions

Researchers examined four cotton fields in Xinjiang, China with varying polyethylene mulch film histories (0-25 years) using high-throughput sequencing to assess how residual film and microplastics affect soil microbial communities. They found that short-term mulching (0-10 years) increased microbial diversity while continuous 25-year mulching significantly decreased bacterial diversity, with Proteobacteria and Ascomycetes dominating, and residual film accumulation reducing bacterial community diversity without significantly impacting fungal diversity.

2022 Heliyon 11 citations
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Characterizing Microplastic Pollution and Microbial Community Status in Rice Paddy Soils Across Varied Environmental Settings in Songjiang, Shanghai: An Analysis of Morpho-Chemical Characteristics

Researchers characterized microplastic pollution and associated microbial communities in rice paddy soils, finding widespread microplastic contamination that correlated with shifts in soil bacterial diversity. Plastic-associated microbial communities differed from bulk soil communities, suggesting microplastics create distinct microbial niches in agricultural environments.

2024 International Journal of Innovative Science and Research Technology (IJISRT) 1 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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Ecological differentiation and assembly processes of abundant and rare bacterial subcommunities in karst groundwater

Researchers examined ecological differentiation between abundant and rare bacterial communities in karst groundwater in southwest China, revealing distinct assembly processes and environmental drivers that maintain ecosystem stability in these vulnerable aquifers.

2023 Frontiers in Microbiology 9 citations
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In-Depth Analysis of Soil Microbial Community Succession Model Construction under Microplastics Stress

This study examined how microplastics affect soil microbial communities in five different soil types in Northeast China, finding that the plastics altered microbial protein function and shifted community structure. Soils with higher organic matter showed stronger microbial responses to microplastic stress, with changes in how microbial communities assemble and regulate themselves. These shifts in soil microorganisms matter because healthy soil microbiomes are essential for growing food and maintaining the ecosystems that support human life.

2025 Journal of Agricultural and Food Chemistry 8 citations
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Microplastics abundance associated with farmland use types and the impact on soil microbial communities: A case study in Southern China

Researchers surveyed microplastic contamination across orchard, paddy field, and vegetable field soils in Southern China and analyzed how it affected soil microbial communities. They found microplastic levels ranging widely across sites, with very small particles under 30 micrometers being most common, and identified 32 different polymer types. The study shows that farmland use type and agricultural practices like plastic mulching significantly influence both the amount and type of microplastic contamination in soils.

2024 Journal of Hazardous Materials 21 citations
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Soil Microbial Communities in Pseudotsuga sinensis Forests with Different Degrees of Rocky Desertification in the Karst Region, Southwest China

Researchers studied how increasing levels of rocky desertification in karst forests in southwest China affect soil microbial communities. They found that bacterial diversity declined significantly as desertification worsened, while fungal communities showed more resilience. Key soil properties including pH, organic carbon, and available nitrogen were identified as the main drivers shaping these microbial community shifts.

2023 Forests 8 citations
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Short‐term effects of mineral and combined mineral‐organic fertilization in soil microbial communities

A one-year fertilization trial in a Qinghai-Tibet Plateau greenhouse found that both mineral and combined mineral-organic fertilization increased bacterial richness and decreased fungal diversity compared to unfertilized soil, with available phosphorus as the primary driver of microbial community structure changes.

2023 Soil Use and Management 3 citations