Polycyclic Aromatic Hydrocarbon Pollution Stress Impairs Soil Enzyme Activity and Microbial Community.

Yuancheng Wang, Donglei Wu, Junxiang Liu, Haolong Xu

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Article in Microorganisms, 2026. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 1 paper.

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Characteristics, Ecological Risks, and the Impacts on Soil Carbon Cycling of PAH Pollution in the Soil of a Retired Coking Plant in Zaozhuang, Northern China.Toxics · 2026
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4 authors.

Yuancheng WangZhejiang Key Laboratory of Ecological Environmental Damage Control and Value Transformation, Ecological and Environmental Science and Research Institute of Zhejiang Province, Hangzhou 310007, China.

Donglei WuCollege of Environmental and Resource Science, Zhejiang University, Hangzhou 310058, China.

Junxiang LiuResearch Institute of Forestry, Chinese Academy of Forestry, Beijing 100091, China.

Haolong XuZhejiang Key Laboratory of Ecological Environmental Damage Control and Value Transformation, Ecological and Environmental Science and Research Institute of Zhejiang Province, Hangzhou 310007, China.ORCID 0009-0006-0350-2534

Funding

Fundamental Research Funds of Chi-nese Academy of Forestry CAFYBB2022XA002Provincial Key Laboratory of Ecological Environmental Damage Control and Value Transformation 2025E10110Zhejiang Provincial Government Subsidy for Provincial Institutes and Research Institutes CB0443202504070

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons (PAHs) are widely prevalent harmful organic pollutants. Enzymatic activities (such as those of dehydrogenases, catalase, protease and urease), as well as the microbial community structure and assembly (through 16S and ITS amplicon sequencing), were evaluated 90 days after PAH contamination and compared to those in normal soils. Microbial activity, as indicated by soil urease, catalase, and protease activities, was inhibited under PAH stress. Furthermore, PAH stress exerted significant impacts on the soil microbial community structure. Notably, PAH stress reduced soil bacterial and fungal biomass and inhibited the abundance of microbial taxa involved in soil carbon and nitrogen cycling (e.g.,

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Benzo[a]pyrenemicrobial community structuremicrobial functionnitrogen cyclesPhenanthrenePyrene

Identifiers

PMID41753779

DOI10.3390/microorganisms14020494

PMCPMC12943699

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