Microplastics in terrestrial ecosystem: Exploring the menace to the soil-plant-microbe interactions

Microplastics (MPs), miniscule plastic particles measuring less than 5 mm in size, have become a concern in terrestrial ecosystems, with primarily agricultural and wetland soils being the soils with highest plastic loadings. The adverse effect of MPs might lead to changes in physicochemical and biological characteristics of soil including...

Compositional alterations in soil bacterial communities exposed to TiO₂ nanoparticles are not reflected in functional impacts

Titanium dioxide nanoparticles (TiO₂NP) are increasingly released in soil ecosystems, while there is limited understanding of the impacts of TiO₂NP on soil bacterial communities. Here we investigated the effects of TiO₂NP on the taxonomic composition and functional profile of a soil bacterial community over a...