Distinct microbial metabolic activities of biofilms colonizing microplastics in three freshwater ecosystems

L Miao, Y Yu, TM Adyel, C Wang, Z Liu, S Liu… - Journal of Hazardous …, 2021‏ - Elsevier
Concerns are growing about the increasing amounts of microplastics (MPs) and their
ecological impacts, especially the influences of “plastisphere” in the freshwater ecosystems …

Microplastics: new substrates for heterotrophic activity contribute to altering organic matter cycles in aquatic ecosystems

M Arias-Andres, MT Kettner, T Miki… - Science of the Total …, 2018‏ - Elsevier
Heterotrophic microbes with the capability to process considerable amounts of organic
matter can colonize microplastic particles (MP) in aquatic ecosystems. Weather colonization …

[HTML][HTML] Microbial carbon metabolic functions of biofilms on plastic debris influenced by the substrate types and environmental factors

L Miao, C Wang, TM Adyel, J Wu, Z Liu, G You… - Environment …, 2020‏ - Elsevier
As an artificial type of microbial carrier, plastic debris has been widely detected in freshwater
habitats, and the potential impacts of the plastisphere (biofilms colonized on plastics) in …

[HTML][HTML] Bacterial diversity, community composition and metabolic function in Lake Tianmuhu and its dammed river: effects of domestic wastewater and damming

G **e, X Tang, K Shao, G Zhu, G Gao - Ecotoxicology and Environmental …, 2021‏ - Elsevier
Anthropogenic disturbances, such as pollution discharge and damming, can lead to a global
decline in biodiversity in aquatic ecosystems. However, how such disturbances affect …

The enduring effects of sowing legume-rich mixtures on the soil microbial community and soil carbon in semi-arid wood pastures

G Moreno, A Hernández-Esteban, V Rolo, JM Igual - Plant and Soil, 2021‏ - Springer
Aims Agroforestry systems and legume sowing have been reported as efficient in terms of
soil function, gaining momentum as environmentally sustainable agricultural practices. This …

The contrasting roles of aquatic fungi and oomycetes in the degradation and transformation of polymeric organic matter

H Masigol, SA Khodaparast… - Limnology and …, 2019‏ - Wiley Online Library
Studies on the ecological role of fungi and, to a lesser extent, oomycetes, are receiving
increasing attention, mainly due to their participation in the cycling of organic matter in …

The responses of microbial metabolic activity, bacterial community and resistance genes under the coexistence of nanoplastics and quaternary ammonium …

Y Zhang, J Gao, Z Wang, Y Zhao, Y Liu, H Zhang… - Science of The Total …, 2023‏ - Elsevier
Nanoplastics (NPs) and quaternary ammonium compounds (QACs) are frequently detected
in sewage. However, little is known about the risks of coexistence of NPs and QACs. In this …

Application of the Biolog EcoPlate™ technique for assessing the microbial metabolic diversity in moss profiles of continental Antarctica

Y Nagata, T Osono, M Hasegawa, S Hobara, D Hirose… - Polar Science, 2023‏ - Elsevier
Little is known about metabolic capabilities of microbial assemblages in continental Antarctic
to utilize diverse carbon sources within moss profiles consisting of live, senescent, and dead …

New index of functional specificity to predict the redundancy of ecosystem functions in microbial communities

WH Cheng, C Hsieh, CW Chang… - FEMS Microbiology …, 2022‏ - academic.oup.com
An ecosystem function is suggested to be more sensitive to biodiversity loss (ie low
functional redundancy) when focusing on specific-type functions than broad-type functions …

Taxonomic and functional diversity of bacterial communities of agriculture soil exposed to zinc peroxide nanoparticles (nZnO2)

I Ruiz-Leyva, F Paraguay-Delgado, DE Salas-Leiva… - Applied Soil …, 2023‏ - Elsevier
Zinc peroxide nanoparticles (nZnO 2) have interesting physicochemical properties for
multiple industrial applications. Due to their wide use, their direct or indirect release and …