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Effects of polystyrene nanoparticles on the microbiota and functional diversity of enzymes in soil

Overview of attention for article published in Environmental Sciences Europe, May 2018
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Title
Effects of polystyrene nanoparticles on the microbiota and functional diversity of enzymes in soil
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Environmental Sciences Europe, May 2018
DOI 10.1186/s12302-018-0140-6
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T. T. Awet, Y. Kohl, F. Meier, S. Straskraba, A.-L. Grün, T. Ruf, C. Jost, R. Drexel, E. Tunc, C. Emmerling

Abstract

The increasing production of nanoplastics and the fragmentation of microplastics into smaller particles suggest a plausible yet unclear hazard in the natural environment, such as soil. We investigated the short-term effects (28 days) of polystyrene nanoparticles (PS-NPs) on the activity and biomass of soil microbiota, and the functional diversity of soil enzymes at environmental relevant low levels in an incubation experiment. Our results showed a significant decrease in microbial biomass in treatments of 100 and 1000 ng PS-NP g-1 DM throughout the incubation period. Dehydrogenase activity and activities of enzymes involved in N-(leucine-aminopeptidase), P-(alkaline-phosphatase), and C-(β-glucosidase and cellobiohydrolase) cycles in the soil were significantly reduced at day 28 suggesting a broad and detrimental impact of PS-NPs on soil microbiota and enzymes. Leucine-aminopeptidase and alkaline-phosphatase activities tended to decrease consistently, while β-glucosidase and cellobiohydrolase activities increased at high concentrations (e.g., PS-NP-1000) in the beginning of the incubation period, e.g., at day 1. On the other hand, basal respiration and metabolic quotient increased with increasing PS-NP application rate throughout the incubation period possibly due to increased cell death that caused substrate-induced respiration (cryptic growth). We herewith demonstrated for the first time the potential antimicrobial activity of PS-NPs in soil, and this may serve as an important resource in environmental risk assessment of PS-NPs in the soil environment.

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Unknown 327 100%

Demographic breakdown

Readers by professional status Count As %
Student > Master 47 14%
Student > Ph. D. Student 42 13%
Researcher 33 10%
Student > Bachelor 25 8%
Student > Doctoral Student 11 3%
Other 40 12%
Unknown 129 39%
Readers by discipline Count As %
Environmental Science 49 15%
Agricultural and Biological Sciences 42 13%
Chemistry 20 6%
Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology 19 6%
Engineering 18 6%
Other 32 10%
Unknown 147 45%
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This research output has an Altmetric Attention Score of 47. This is our high-level measure of the quality and quantity of online attention that it has received. This Attention Score, as well as the ranking and number of research outputs shown below, was calculated when the research output was last mentioned on 03 October 2023.
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#53
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#2
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