Soil microbial responses to simultaneous contamination of antimony and arsenic in the surrounding area of an abandoned antimony smelter in Southwest China

• Published in: Environment international Vol. 174; p. 107897
• Main Authors: Gong, Yiwei, Yang, Shuwen, Chen, Shaoyang, Zhao, Shoudao, Ai, Yadi, Huang, Di, Yang, Kai, Cheng, Hongguang
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Netherlands Elsevier Ltd 01.04.2023; Elsevier
• Subjects: antimony; Antimony - toxicity; Archaea; arsenic; Arsenic - analysis; Arsenic - toxicity; Bacteria; bioavailability; Burkholderiales; cadmium; China; chromium; community structure; Contaminated site; Ecological risk assessment; environment; environmental assessment; Environmental Monitoring; fungi; Heavy metals; lead; Metals, Heavy - analysis; Metals, Heavy - toxicity; Methanocellales; microbial communities; Mining and smelting; remediation; Rhizobiales; risk; Soil - chemistry; Soil Microbiology; Soil microorganisms; soil pH; Soil Pollutants - analysis; Soil Pollutants - toxicity; soil pollution; soil quality; China; Contaminated site; Soil microorganisms; Mining and smelting; Archaea; Heavy metals; Ecological risk assessment

[Display omitted] •Distribution of microbial traits was characterized in Sb smelter-affected soils.•Much greater ecological risk of Sb and As present at the soil depth of 0–2 cm.•Responses to soil Sb and As co-contamination: archaea > bacteria > fungi.•Archaea holds promise for bioremediation...