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Los microplásticos y los metales pesados transforman los microbiomas de la rizosfera de los manglares y comprometen

Linglong Cao¹, Huifeng Xie¹, Ruikun Sun¹

¹School of Chemistry and Environment, Analyzing and Testing Center, Guangdong Ocean University, Zhanjiang 524088, PR China.

Ecotoxicology and environmental safety

|August 21, 2025

Resumen

Los microplásticos (MP) y los metales pesados (HM) alteran los microbios del suelo de los manglares, reduciendo la diversidad. Los tipos específicos de plástico como el polipropileno (PP) y la poliamida (PA) enriquecen selectivamente las bacterias, lo que afecta a los ecosistemas costeros.

Área de la Ciencia:

Ciencias del medio ambiente
Microbiología
Ecotoxicología

Sus antecedentes:

Los manglares actúan como sumideros de microplásticos (MP), que coexisten con metales pesados (HM) en los ecosistemas costeros.
Los efectos ecológicos combinados de la contaminación MP-HM en la microecología de la rizosfera de los manglares no se comprenden bien.

Objetivo del estudio:

Investigar los efectos combinados de varios MP (polipropileno, polietileno, poliamida) y 10 HM en la microecología de la rizosfera de Avicennia marina.
Determinar cómo la contaminación por MP-HM altera la estructura de las comunidades microbianas, la riqueza de especies y la diversidad en los sedimentos de los manglares.

Principales métodos:

Exposición de Avicennia marina a diferentes combinaciones de MP y HM en entornos experimentales controlados.
Análisis de la estructura de la comunidad microbiana de la rizosfera, incluida la abundancia y diversidad bacteriana, utilizando técnicas moleculares.
Evaluación de las respuestas de la comunidad bacteriana, incluida la sensibilidad, la especificidad y la persistencia de las alteraciones.

Principales resultados:

La contaminación combinada MP-HM alteró significativamente la estructura de la comunidad microbiana de la rizosfera, disminuyendo la riqueza y la diversidad de especies.
Los MP específicos (PP, PA) enriquecieron taxones bacterianos distintos (por ejemplo, Bacillales, Sphingomonales), mientras que la exposición a PP-HM aumentó Firmicutes y disminuyó ε-Proteobacteria.
Las comunidades bacterianas de la rizosfera exhibieron sensibilidad, especificidad y alteraciones persistentes en respuesta al estrés MP-HM, con enriquecimiento de taxones degradantes de plástico.

Conclusiones:

La coexistencia a largo plazo de MP y HM en los humedales de manglares puede alterar sutilmente los procesos de ciclos biogeoquímicos.
Este estudio proporciona información crucial sobre los efectos ecológicos de la cocontaminación MP-HM en los entornos de la rizosfera de los manglares.
Los resultados ofrecen una base científica para comprender y mitigar los impactos de los contaminantes combinados en las funciones del ecosistema costero.

Palabras clave:

La marina de Avicennia Los metales pesados Los microplásticos El microambiente de la rizosfera El sedimento

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