在肯尼亚的化学压力小河流中,细菌社区对微污染物的反应使用环境DNA

Nicolai Verbücheln1,2, Sonja Schaufelberger1, Tibaud Cardis2

  • 1Department of Biological and Environmental Sciences, University of Gothenburg, 41390 Gothenburg, Sweden.

FEMS microbiology letters
|October 16, 2025
PubMed
概括

河流中的细菌群体组成是土地使用造成的化学污染的敏感指标. 营养和化学污染显著改变了细菌群落,影响了它们季节性降解有机化学品的能力.

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