Journal of hazardous materials
PE microplastics altered microbial resource limitation and C/N use efficiency in cotton rhizosphere soil.
Yudong Chen, Xiaotong Li, Yulin Shu, Zhoukang Li, Guang Yang, Jinlong Wang, Qiong Wu, Wen Cao, Eryang Li, Yuehan Liu, Wusong Li, Guanghui Lv
Published: 202610.1016/j.jhazmat.2026.141267
Abstract
Polyethylene microplastics (PE MPs) increasingly influence soil ecosystem functions, but we lack mechanistic understanding of their effects on rhizosphere microbial metabolism and resource partitioning. We examined how PE MPs (varying in size and con…
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