ArticleFrontiers in microbiology2025
Heavy metal pollution simplifies microbial networks and enhances modularity during tailings primary succession: divergent assembly dynamics for bacterial and fungal communities.
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Abstract
Microbial community play a fundamental role in primary succession of tailings ecosystems. However, the influence of heavy metal pollution on microbial interactions and assembly dynamics during this process remains poorly understood. In this study, we investigated bacterial and fungal communities in tailing soil and biological soil crusts (BSCs) undergoing primary succession under varying heavy metal pollution. By integrating microbial community profiling with measurements of soil nutrients and heavy metal concentrations, we aimed to elucidate how pollution levels shape microbial composition, co-occurrence networks, and assembly processes. Our results revealed clear differences in soil physicochemical properties, microbial diversity, community structure, and ecological interactions between low and high pollution conditions. Under high contamination,
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