微塑料通过将酸盐减少从DNRA转移到脱和Anammox,从而增加黑色土中的气损失
Xiaofang Ma1, Jun Shan2, Yanchao Chai2
1State Key Laboratory of Pollution Control and Resource Reuse, School of the Environment, Nanjing University, Nanjing 210023, China; State Key Laboratory of Soil and Sustainable Agriculture, Institute of Soil Science, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Nanjing 210008, China.
The Science of the total environment
|October 17, 2023
概括
在田土壤中的微塑料 (MP) 显著改变了循环. 它们促进了脱和Anammox,同时抑制了非仿真性酸盐降解为 (DNRA),可能增加农田的气损失.
科学领域:
- 环境科学 环境科学
- 土壤科学 土壤科学
- 微生物学 微生物学
背景情况:
- 微塑料 (MP) 是普遍存在的土壤污染物,影响农业生态系统.
- 在土中,MPs对循环过程的影响在很大程度上是未知的.
研究的目的:
- 调查常见MPs (聚乙烯,PVC,PE) 对大米土壤中关键变化的影响.
- 评估MPs对脱,Anammox和DNRA率以及微生物群落的影响.
主要方法:
- 使用15N-标记技术量化的工艺速度.
- 采用微生物分子方法来分析相关的微生物社区变化.
- 研究了MPs (200-400μm) 对黑色土的影响.
主要成果:
- 所有测试的MP (PS,PVC,PE) 都显著增加了Anammox率 (6.6%-745%) 和降低了DNRA率 (15.1%-74.2%).
- 聚烯和聚乙烯MP显著提高了脱率 (分别为79.3%-102.3%和34.8%-62.1%).
- 议员们将酸盐分离转向脱和Anammox,将DNRA的相对贡献从24.1%降至5.4%-14.2%.
结论:
- 通过促进脱和Anammox,同时抑制DNRA,MPs改变了土中的循环.
- 这些转变是由微生物基因丰度和社区结构的变化所驱动的,表明农业环境中气损失可能会增加.
- 进一步的研究对于了解农业生态系统中的MP环境行为至关重要.
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