Relative importance of soil properties and heavy metals/metalloids to modulate microbial community and activity at a smelting site

• Published in: Journal of soils and sediments Vol. 21; no. 1; pp. 1 - 12
• Main Authors: Bai, Xue-Ting, Wang, Jichen, Dong, Hailiang, Chen, Jia-Min, Ge, Yuan
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Berlin/Heidelberg Springer Berlin Heidelberg 01.01.2021; Springer Nature B.V
• Subjects: Bacteria; bacterial communities; Biological activity; Biomass; China; Community structure; Earth and Environmental Science; Environment; Environmental control; Environmental Physics; Heavy metals; Metalloids; Metals; Microbial activity; microbial biomass; Microbial contamination; Microorganisms; Phosphorus; Sec 1 • Soil Organic Matter Dynamics and Nutrient Cycling • Research Article; Side effects; Smelters; Smelting; Soil contamination; Soil investigations; Soil microorganisms; Soil pollution; Soil properties; Soil Science & Conservation; Soil structure; Soils; total nitrogen; Valproic acid; Variation; Zinc; China; Heavy metals/metalloids; Microbial activity; Soil properties; Microbial biomass; Soil bacterial community
• ISSN: 1439-0108; 1614-7480
• DOI: 10.1007/s11368-020-02743-8

Purpose Heavy metals/metalloids have adverse effects on soil microorganisms, but the underlying environmental controls remain unclear. This study aims to investigate the influences of multiple heavy metal/metalloid contaminations on soil microbial communities, as well as the effects of soil properti...