Integrated microbiology and metabolomics analysis reveal plastic mulch film residue affects soil microorganisms and their metabolic functions.

Research on microplastic pollution of terrestrial soils is catching up with the aquatic environment, especially agricultural soil systems. Plastic residues have caused various environmental problems in mulch film extensively used agricultural areas. However, studies focusing specifically on the potential influence of mulch film residues on the metabolic cycle of soil systems have yet to be conducted. Here, high-throughput sequencing combined with metabolomics were first used to study the effects of residual mulch on soil microbial communities and related metabolic functions. Plastic film treatment did not significantly affect soil physicochemical properties including pH, organic matter and nitrogen, etc in short term. However, it did significantly changed overall community structure of soil bacteria, and interfered with complexity of soil bacterial symbiosis networks; exposure time and concentration of residues were particularly important factors affecting community structure. Furthermore, metabolomics analysis showed that film residue significantly changed soil metabolite spectrum, and interfered with basic carbon and lipid metabolism, and also affected basic cellular processes such as membrane transport and, in particular, interfered with the biosynthesis of secondary metabolites, as well as, biodegradation and metabolism of xenobiotics. Additionally, through linear discriminant and collinear analysis, some new potential microplastic degrading bacteria including Nitrospira, Nocardioidaceae and Pseudonocardiaceae have been excavated.

• Publication year

  2022

• Venue

  Journal of Hazardous Materials

• Publication date

  2022-02-01

• Fields of study

  Biology, Medicine, Environmental Science

• Identifiers
  DOI 10.1016/j.jhazmat.2021.127258PMID 34844367
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  Open on Semantic Scholar

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  Semantic Scholar, PubMed

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