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Response of microbial community in the soil of halophyte after contamination with tetrabromobisphenol A

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Coastal wetlands are subjected to increasing tetrabromobisphenol A (TBBPA) pollution, whereas knowledge of TBBPA degradation in marine environments is lacking. The changes of bacterial communities in TBBPA-polluted soil covered with halophytes were investigated. TBBPA could be degraded in the halophyte-covered saline-alkali soil in a microcosm experiment. Higher TBBPA removal occurred in the soil of Kandelia obovata compared with soils covered with Suaeda australis and Phragmites australis within 56 days of cultivation. The rhizosphere soils of S. australis, P. australis, and K. obovata mainly involved the classes of Bacteroidia, Gammaproteobacteria, Alphaproteobacteria, and Anaerolineae. Additionally, manganese oxidation, aerobic anoxygenic phototrophy, and fermentation functions were higher in the rhizosphere soil of K. obovata after TBBPA addition. This study supports that using suitable local halophytic plants is a promising approach for degrading TBBPA-contaminated coastal soil.

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This work is supported by a grant from the Postdoctoral Advance Programs of Zhejiang Province (ZJ2021022 and ZJ2021048).

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CG and FZ conceived and designed the study. QXS and RWG conducted the literature search and performed the experiments. WKL was involved in the analysis and interpretation of data. CG drafted the manuscript. QS: The study was supervised and tutored. All authors read and approved the final manuscript.

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Gu, C., Zhang, F., Lu, K. et al. Response of microbial community in the soil of halophyte after contamination with tetrabromobisphenol A. Braz J Microbiol 54, 975–981 (2023). https://doi.org/10.1007/s42770-023-00950-2

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