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Surface soils of five representative land-use types were collected in Yellow River Delta (YRD) and determined for concentrations of heavy metals and soil properties. These data were used to assess the heavy metal pollution status, and discuss the effects of heavy metals and soil properties on microbial community structure. Results showed that overall heavy metal pollution status in YRD was not serious except for the oilfield area. At the phylum level, the dominant species in the soil samples of YRD were Proteobacteria, Actinobacteriota, and Chloroflexi. The bacterial community structures varied significantly among different land-use types, and TN, TP, pH, Ni, and As had the greatest impact on microbial community structure. Moreover, the phylum Actinobacteriota and Chloroflexi were positively correlated with As, Ni, Cu, Zn, and Cd, indicating possible tolerance to these heavy metals. These results could be helpful for understanding the variations of soil microbial communities in YRD.
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The research was supported by National Natural Science Foundation of China (NSFC) (42377204, 42006054) and the Natural Science Foundation of Shandong Province, China (ZR2020QD013). The authors would like to thank the online platform of Majorbio Cloud Platform for microbial analysis.
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Yang, Z., Sui, H., Zhang, T. et al. Response of surface soil microbial communities to heavy metals and soil properties for five different land-use types of Yellow River Delta. Environ Earth Sci 82, 599 (2023). https://doi.org/10.1007/s12665-023-11291-6
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