The role of microbiomes in cooperative detoxification mechanisms of arsenate reduction and arsenic methylation in surface agricultural soil.

ABSTRACT: Microbial arsenic (As) transformations play a vital role in both driving the global arsenic biogeochemical cycle and determining the mobility and toxicity of arsenic in soils. Due to the complexity of soils, variations in soil characteristics, and the presence and condition of overlying vegetation, soil microbiomes and their functional pathways vary from site to site. Consequently, key arsenic-transforming mechanisms in soil are not well characterized. This study utilized a combination of high-throughput amplicon sequencing and shotgun metagenomics to identify arsenic-transforming pathways in surface agricultural soils. The temporal and successional variations of the soil microbiome and arsenic-transforming bacteria in agricultural soils were examined during tropical monsoonal dry and wet

SUBMITTER: Rueangmongkolrat N 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC11531259 | biostudies-literature | 2024

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature