ArticleFrontiers in plant science2024
Micro plastic driving changes in the soil microbes and lettuce growth under the influence of heavy metals contaminated soil.
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- Microplastics and heavy metals dynamics: a potential threat to soil health and food safety.Plant cell reports · 2026Review
- Role of Plant Growth-Promoting Bacteria in Reshaping Rhizosphere Bacterial and Fungal Microbiomes Under Multi-Metal-Microplastic Composite Pollution in Spinach.Microorganisms · 2026Article
- Effects of microplastics on the plant-arbuscular mycorrhizal fungal symbiotic system: type, size, and concentration.World journal of microbiology & biotechnology · 2026Review
- Microplastic Pollution in the Environment: A Chemical Engineering Perspective on Sources, Fate, and Mitigation Strategies.Polymers · 2025Review
- Multiomics reveals the impact of microplastics and di-Physiology and molecular biology of plants : an international journal of functional plant biology · 2025Article
- Microplastic-Mediated Heavy Metal Uptake in Lettuce (Molecules (Basel, Switzerland) · 2025Article
- Effects of microplastic types and shapes on the community structure of arbuscular mycorrhizal fungi in different soil types.Environmental science and pollution research international · 2025Article
- Synthetic microbiota for microplastic degradation modulates rhizosphere fungal diversity and metabolic function in highland barley.Frontiers in microbiology · 2025Article
- Comparative impacts of polyethylene and biodegradable film residues on soil microbial communities and rapeseed performance under field conditions.Frontiers in microbiology · 2025Article
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Abstract
Microplastics (MPs) have garnered global attention as emerging contaminants due to their adaptability, durability, and robustness in various ecosystems. Still, studies concerning their combination with heavy metals (HMs), their interactions with soil biota, and how they affect soil physiochemical properties and terrestrial plant systems are limited. Our study was set to investigate the combined effect of HMs (cadmium, arsenic, copper, zinc and lead) contaminated soil of Tongling and different sizes (T1 = 106 µm, T2 = 50 µm, and T3 = 13 µm) of polystyrene microplastics on the soil physiochemical attributes, both bacterial and fungal diversity, compositions, AMF (arbuscular mycorrhizal fungi), plant pathogens in the soil, and their effect on
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