A Matter of Metals: Copper but Not Cadmium Affects the Microbial Alpha-Diversity of Soils and Sediments — a Meta-analysis
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Result on the web
<a href="https://doi.org/10.1007/s00248-022-02115-4" target="_blank" >https://doi.org/10.1007/s00248-022-02115-4</a>
DOI - Digital Object Identifier
<a href="http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s00248-022-02115-4" target="_blank" >10.1007/s00248-022-02115-4</a>
Alternative languages
Result language
angličtina
Original language name
A Matter of Metals: Copper but Not Cadmium Affects the Microbial Alpha-Diversity of Soils and Sediments — a Meta-analysis
Original language description
Heavy metal (HM) accumulation in soil affects plants and soil fauna, yet the effect on microbial alpha-diversity remains unclear, mainly due to the absence of dedicated research synthesis (e.g. meta-analysis). Here, we report the first meta-analysis of the response of soil microbial alpha-diversity to the experimental addition of cadmium (Cd) and copper (Cu). We considered studies conducted between 2013 and 2022 using DNA metabarcoding of bacterial and fungal communities to overcome limitations of other cultivation- and electrophoresis-based techniques. Fungi were discarded due to the limited study number (i.e. 6 studies). Bacterial studies resulted in 66 independent experiments reported in 32 primary papers from four continents. We found a negative dose-dependent response for Cu but not for Cd for bacterial alpha-diversity in the environments, only for Cu additions exceeding 29.6 mg kg(-1) (first loss of - 0.06% at 30 mg kg(-1)). The maximal loss of bacterial alpha-diversity registered was 13.89% at 3837 mg kg(-1). Our results first highlight that bacterial communities behave differently to soil pollution depending on the metal. Secondly, our study suggests that even extreme doses of Cu do not cause a dramatic loss in alpha-diversity, highlighting how the behaviour of bacterial communities diverges from soil macro-organisms.
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Czech description
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Classification
Type
J<sub>imp</sub> - Article in a specialist periodical, which is included in the Web of Science database
CEP classification
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OECD FORD branch
10511 - Environmental sciences (social aspects to be 5.7)
Result continuities
Project
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Continuities
I - Institucionalni podpora na dlouhodoby koncepcni rozvoj vyzkumne organizace
Others
Publication year
2023
Confidentiality
S - Úplné a pravdivé údaje o projektu nepodléhají ochraně podle zvláštních právních předpisů
Data specific for result type
Name of the periodical
Microbial Ecology
ISSN
0095-3628
e-ISSN
1432-184X
Volume of the periodical
86
Issue of the periodical within the volume
2
Country of publishing house
US - UNITED STATES
Number of pages
11
Pages from-to
1071-1081
UT code for WoS article
000862203100001
EID of the result in the Scopus database
2-s2.0-85139260574