With the increasing development of industry and urbanization, heavy metal contaminated
sites have become progressively conspicuous, particularly by unreasonable emissions from …

Phytoremediation is a promising technology to clean-up contaminated soils based on the
synergistic actions of plants and microorganisms. However, to become a widely accepted …

The world is facing a hard battle against soil pollution such as heavy metals. Metagenome
sequencing, 16S rRNA sequencing, and quantitative polymerase chain reaction (qPCR) …

Northwest China is abundant in iron ore reserves and has become one of the important iron
ore mining bases in China. However, the contamination and microbial community structure …

Heavy metal resistance genes (MRGs) and antibiotic resistance genes (ARGs) in bacteria
can respond to the inducement of heavy metals. However, the co-occurrence of MRGs and …

Anthropogenic nitrogen (N) input is known to alter plant and microbial α‐diversity, but how N
enrichment influences β‐diversity of plant and microbial communities remains poorly …

Antibiotic resistance genes (ARGs) constitute emerging environmental pollutants and pose
risks to public health. Toxic metals are known to select for metal-resistant bacteria in metal …

Terrestrial surface ecosystems are important sinks for antibiotic resistance genes (ARGs)
due to the continuous discharge of contaminants from human-impacted ecosystems …

This study examined the effects of soil heavy metals, macronutrients, texture and pH as well
as plant species richness and composition on soil respiration, enzymatic activity, microbial …

An increasing amount of sewage sludge requires reasonable management, whereas its
storage might be environmentally hazardous. Due to the organic matter and nutrient …