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The spread of biodegradable plastic films (BDFs) not only increases grain yield but also reduces environmental pollution from plastic film to a large extent. Soil microbes are considered to be involved in biodegradation processes. However, the study of microbe diversity in soil mulched with biodegradable plastic film remains limited. Here, we compared the diversity of microbes between soils with biodegradable film and nonbiodegradable film (NBDF) mulch. The results showed that BDFs affected total C, P and NH4+-N, especially organism C content, as well as microbe species richness (ACE; Chao1) and diversity (Simpson index; Shannon index). In terms of dominant phyla and genera, BDFs and NBDF can influence the abundance of disparate species. Furthermore, BDFs could also contribute to improving the richness of the important functional bacterial groups in soil, e.g., Pedomicrobium and Comamonas, both of which are involved in the degradation of plastic residues in soil. Finally, we found that BDFs improved the transformation of nitrogen by significantly increasing the abundances of Nitrobacter and Nitrospira. Our results highlight the impact of BDF mulch on the abundance of functional bacteria in the soil.
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This work was supported by the monitoring and evaluation of the environmental impact of plastic film pollution in the Gansu region (2019–125A0701) and funding from the central government for agricultural production and development in 2018 and projects on recycling machinery for plastic film and plastic film reduction technology.
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Xue, Y., Jin, T., Gao, C. et al. Effects of biodegradable film mulching on bacterial diversity in soils. Arch Microbiol 204, 195 (2022). https://doi.org/10.1007/s00203-022-02799-9
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