Field-based evidence for consistent responses of bacterial communities to copper contamination in two contrasting agricultural soils

Copper contamination on China’s arable land could pose severe economic, ecological and healthy consequences in the coming decades. As the drivers in maintaining ecosystem functioning, the responses of soil microorganisms to long-term copper contamination in different soil ecosystems are still debate...

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Main Authors: Jing eLi, Yibing eMa, Hang-Wei eHu, Jun-Tao eWang, Yu-Rong eLiu, Ji-Zheng eHe
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Frontiers Media S.A. 2015-02-01
Series:Frontiers in Microbiology
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Online Access:http://journal.frontiersin.org/Journal/10.3389/fmicb.2015.00031/full