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Metagenomic analysis of soil microbial community under PFOA and PFOS stress
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Perfluorinated compounds (PFCs) contamination of soil has attracted global attention in recent years but influences of PFCs on microorganisms in the soil environment have not been fully described. In this study, the effects of perfluorooctane sulphonate (PFOS) and perfluoroctanoic acid (PFOA) on bacterial communities were determined by Illumina Miseq sequencing and Illumina Hiseq Xten. The stimulation of PFCs pollutants on soil bacterial richness and community diversity were observed. Sequencing information indicated that Proteobacteria, Acidobacteria, Actinobacteria, Chloroflexi, Firmicutes, and Gemmatimonadetes were the dominant bacterial phyla. Two genera, Bacillus and Sphingomonas, exhibited adverse responses toward PFCs pollution. Carbohydrate-active enzymes (CAZy), Kyoto Encyclopedia of Genes and Genomes (KEGG) and NCBI databases were used to elucidate the proteins and function action of soil microbial to PFCs pollution. Pathways such as Carbohydrate metabolism, Global and overview maps and Membrane transport in the soil microbes were affected by PFCs stress. CAZy analysis revealed that glycosyl transferases (GTs) in PFCs-polluted soils showed more active, while glycoside hydrolases (GHs) were inhibited severely.
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“The nature and concentration of PFAS chemicals, their toxic- ity, and bioavailability shape the microbial community, affect the biodegradation ability, and impact the biodegradation rate (Cai et al., 2020; Cao et al., 2022a,b).”
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Metadata
- Authors
- Cai, Y., Chen, H., Yuan, R., Wang, F., Chen, Z., & Zhou, B.
- Affiliations
- University of Science and Technology Beijing (CN)
- Czech University of Life Sciences Prague (CZ)
- Corresponding author
- Chen, Huilun
- Zhou, Beihai
- Venue
- Environmental Research
- Publisher
- Elsevier BV
- Published
- 2020-09
- Volume
- 188
- Pages
- 109838
- ISSN
- 0013-9351 (ISSN-L)
- OpenAlex
- W3039644962
- Cited by
- 128
- References
- 61
- Citations by year
- 2026: 24 · 2025: 34 · 2024: 16 · 2023: 20 · 2022: 22 · 2021: 10 · 2020: 2
- FWCI
- 5.00
- Type
- journal article
- Language
- en
- Open access
- closed
- Locations
- Environmental Research (publishedVersion)
- PubMed (publishedVersion)
- Funders
- Beijing Municipal Natural Science Foundation
- Topics
- Physical Sciences › Environmental Science › Environmental Chemistry › Per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances research
- Physical Sciences › Environmental Science › Pollution › Microbial bioremediation and biosurfactants
- Physical Sciences › Environmental Science › Ecology › Microbial Community Ecology and Physiology
- Keywords
- perfluorooctanoic acid, PFOS, perfluorinated compounds, soil microbial communities, soil bacteria, bacterial diversity, bacterial richness, carbohydrate-active enzymes, glycosyltransferases, glycoside hydrolases, carbohydrate metabolism, membrane transport, Bacillus, Sphingomonas, soil contamination
- MeSH terms
- Fluorocarbons, Soil, Soil Microbiology, Soil Pollutants, Alkanesulfonic Acids, Microbiota
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