Passive sampling is based on the phenomenon of mass transport due to the difference
between chemical potentials of analytes in a given environmental compartment and the …

Many microbial ecology studies have demonstrated profound changes in community
composition caused by environmental pollution, as well as adaptation processes allowing …

Background Soil contaminated with the heavy metal Cadmium (Cd) is a widespread
problem in many parts of the world. Based on metagenomic analysis, we investigated the …

The microbial community assembly processes and underlying mechanisms in response to
heavy metal accumulation in coastal sediments remain underexplored. In this study, the …

Abstract In European Union countries, disposal sewage sludge on agricultural lands is
restricted by directives. Large-area degradation of surface soils in Europe is a major …

The identification of causal links between microbial community structure and ecosystem
functions are required for a mechanistic understanding of ecosystem responses to …

With the extensive use of polymer-coated fertilizer, microplastics (MPs) pollution in
agricultural soil raises worldwide concerns. While very few studies focalized the effects of …

The presence of unwanted substances in the environment becomes “pollution” when
damage or deleterious effects caused by those substances are detected. Pollution is …

Silver-induced selective pressure is becoming increasingly important due to the growing use
of silver (Ag) as an antimicrobial agent in biomedical and commercial products. With …

The effect of the antibiotic sulfamethoxazole (SMX) on soil bacteria was studied using two
methods (leucine incorporation and Biolog plates) of estimating pollution-induced …