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ENVIRONMENT INTERNATIONAL
Volume 144, Issue -, Pages -Publisher
PERGAMON-ELSEVIER SCIENCE LTD
DOI: 10.1016/j.envint.2020.105995
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Co-occurrence; Indigenous microbial community; Soil metabolite pool; Soil microbial functions
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- National Natural Science Foundation of China [41671236, 41877032]
- Key Research Program of Frontier Sciences, Chinese Academy of Sciences [QYZDJ-SSW-DQC035]
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The combined effects of biochar amendment and the rhizosphere on the soil metabolic microbiome during the remediation of polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbon (PAH)-contaminated soil remain unknown. In this study, we attempted to characterize a PAH degradation network by coupling the direct PAH degradation with soil carbon cycling. From microbial community structure and functions to metabolic pathways, we revealed the modulation strategies by which biochar and the rhizosphere benefited PAH degradation in soil. Firstly, some PAH degraders were enriched by biochar and the rhizosphere, and their combination promoted the cooperation among these PAH degraders. Simultaneously, under the combined effects of biochar and the rhizosphere, the functional genes participating in upstream PAH degradation were greatly upregulated. Secondly, there were strong co-occurrences between soil microbial community members and metabolites, in particular, some PAH degraders and the metabolites, such as PAH degradation products or common carbon resources, were highlighted in the networks. It shows that the overall downstream carbon metabolism of PAH degradation was also greatly upregulated by the combined effects of biochar and plant roots, showing good survival of the soil microbiome and contributing to PAH biodegradation. Taken together, both soil carbon metabolism and direct contaminant biodegradation are likely to be modulated by the combined effects of biochar and plant roots, jointly benefitting to PAH degradation by soil microbiome. Our study is the first to link PAH degradation with native carbon metabolism by coupling sequencing and soil metabolomics technology, providing new insights into a systematic understanding of PAH degradation by indigenous soil microbiome and their networks.
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