{"database":"biostudies-literature","file_versions":[],"scores":null,"additional":{"omics_type":["Unknown"],"volume":["8(12)"],"submitter":["Temporiti MEE"],"pubmed_abstract":["Plastic pollution is a growing environmental issue that results in its accumulation and persistence in soil for many decades, with possible effects on soil quality and ecosystem services. Microorganisms, and especially fungi, are a keystone of soil biodiversity and soil metabolic capacity. The aim of this research was to study soil fungal biodiversity and soil microbial metabolic profiles in three different sites in northern Italy, where macro- and microplastic concentration in soil was measured. The metabolic analyses of soil microorganisms were performed by Biolog EcoPlates, while the ITS1 fragment of the 18S ribosomal cDNA was used as a target for the metabarcoding of fungal communities. The results showed an intense and significant decrease in soil microbial metabolic ability in the si"],"journal":["Journal of fungi (Basel, Switzerland)"],"pagination":["1247"],"full_dataset_link":["https://www.ebi.ac.uk/biostudies/studies/S-EPMC9785340"],"repository":["biostudies-literature"],"pubmed_title":["The Analysis of the Mycobiota in Plastic Polluted Soil Reveals a Reduction in Metabolic Ability."],"pmcid":["PMC9785340"],"pubmed_authors":["Nicola L","Girometta CE","Dacco C","Temporiti MEE","Tosi S","Roversi A"],"additional_accession":[]},"is_claimable":false,"name":"The Analysis of the Mycobiota in Plastic Polluted Soil Reveals a Reduction in Metabolic Ability.","description":"Plastic pollution is a growing environmental issue that results in its accumulation and persistence in soil for many decades, with possible effects on soil quality and ecosystem services. Microorganisms, and especially fungi, are a keystone of soil biodiversity and soil metabolic capacity. The aim of this research was to study soil fungal biodiversity and soil microbial metabolic profiles in three different sites in northern Italy, where macro- and microplastic concentration in soil was measured. The metabolic analyses of soil microorganisms were performed by Biolog EcoPlates, while the ITS1 fragment of the 18S ribosomal cDNA was used as a target for the metabarcoding of fungal communities. The results showed an intense and significant decrease in soil microbial metabolic ability in the si","dates":{"release":"2022-01-01T00:00:00Z","publication":"2022 Nov","modification":"2026-04-08T06:24:35.285Z","creation":"2025-04-07T02:55:41.225Z"},"accession":"S-EPMC9785340","cross_references":{"pubmed":["36547580"],"doi":["10.3390/jof8121247"]}}