ReviewComputational and structural biotechnology journal2022
Soil under stress: The importance of soil life and how it is influenced by (micro)plastic pollution.
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- Biodegradable plastic exposure enhances microbial functional diversity while reducing taxonomic diversity across multi-kingdom soil microbiota in cherry tomato fields.Communications biology · 2025Article
- Sustainable lentil intensification in rice-fallow systems through bioaugmentation with atypical rhizobia and endophytes modulates rhizosphere and nodule microbiome dynamics.BMC plant biology · 2025Article
- Optimising RNA extraction for paddy bulk soil samples for metatranscriptome sequencing.BMC research notes · 2025Article
- Stress-induced proteins enhance thermal endurance in soil bacterium Priestia aryabhattai strain PSK.N2.Antonie van Leeuwenhoek · 2025Article
- Biochar for ameliorating soil fertility and microbial diversity: From production to action of the black gold.iScience · 2025Review
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- Agroecological transition: towards a better understanding of the impact of ecology-based farming practices on soil microbial ecotoxicology.FEMS microbiology ecology · 2024Article
- Polystyrenenanoplastics lead to ferroptosis in the lungs.Journal of advanced research · 2024Article
- Effects of Mars Global Simulant (MGS-1) on Growth and Physiology of Sweet Potato: A Space Model Plant.Plants (Basel, Switzerland) · 2023Article
- Impacts of Plastics on Plant Development: Recent Advances and Future Research Directions.Plants (Basel, Switzerland) · 2023Review
- Interaction of Microbes with Microplastics and Nanoplastics in the Agroecosystems-Impact on Antimicrobial Resistance.Pathogens (Basel, Switzerland) · 2023Review
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Abstract
Soil organisms and specifically microorganisms are indispensable to life on Earth. They regulate essential ecosystem functions from carbon sequestration to primary production. These organisms often experience stress when the balance of the soil system is disrupted by agricultural practices and environmental disturbances. A new stressor is plastic, which can be found in soils, in and around soil-dwelling organisms, and close to plants. The presence of plastic can affect soil chemistry, plant growth and the survival of higher-order organisms. Microbial organisms respond sensitively to these changes in their surroundings and will thus be (in)directly affected by plastic. Eventually, this results in a different microbial activity, composition and reduced diversity. Plastic might even serve as a specific habitat for microorganisms, generally referred to as the plastisphere. In this review, we make predictions based on the observed effects of (micro)plastics and the potential impact on the plant-soil-microbiome system. We use prior knowledge of other disturbances (e.g. tillage and pesticides) which have been studied for many years in relation to the soil microbial community. Further research is needed to develop standardized methods to study smaller plastic particles (micro- and nanoplastics) as these play the most dominant role in terrestrial ecosystems.
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