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Soil Environment and Microorganisms

A special issue of Microorganisms (ISSN 2076-2607). This special issue belongs to the section "Environmental Microbiology".

Deadline for manuscript submissions: 31 July 2025 | Viewed by 371

Special Issue Editors

Dr. Qin Qin

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Eco-Environmental Protection Research Institute, Shanghai Academy of Agricultural Sciences, Shanghai 201403, China
Interests: soil remediation; soil remediation technology; solute transport; solute transformation; soil improvement; soil fertility enhancement; contaminated soil; microbial remediation
Dr. Jun Wang

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1. Institute of Eco-Environment and Plant Protection, Shanghai Academy of Agricultural Sciences, Shanghai 201403, China
2. Key Laboratory of Low-Carbon Green Agriculture, Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Affairs, Shanghai 201403, China
3. Shanghai Key Laboratory of Protected Horticultural Technology, Shanghai Academy of Agricultural Sciences, Shanghai 201403, China
Interests: soil microbial ecology; soil nitrogen cycling; ecology; agricultural soil management; bacterial and fungal communities; soil microplastic pollution and environmental effects; agricultural waste resource utilization

Special Issue Information

Dear Colleagues,

This Special Issue aims to understand the structure and function of soil microbial ecosystems, elucidating how soil environmental factors (such as soil physicochemical properties, nutrients and pollutants) influence the composition, diversity, and activity of the microbial community, and how microorganisms subsequently regulate soil health and ecosystem services. This research will enable the conservation of soil resources and the maintenance of ecological balance, and aid in guiding sustainable agriculture and addressing the challenge of global climate change.

Dr. Qin Qin
Dr. Jun Wang
Guest Editors

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Keywords

  • soil microbiology
  • microbial ecology
  • soil environment
  • soil physicochemical properties
  • microbial community
  • soil health
  • ecosystem functions
  • sustainable agriculture
  • climate change
  • pollutants

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Seasonality and Vertical Structure of Microbial Communities in Alpine Wetlands
by Huiyuan Wang, Yue Li, Xiaoqin Yang, Bin Niu, Hongzhe Jiao, Ya Yang, Guoqiang Huang, Weiguo Hou and Gengxin Zhang
Microorganisms 2025, 13(5), 962; https://doi.org/10.3390/microorganisms13050962 - 23 Apr 2025
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The soil microbial community plays a crucial role in the elemental cycling and energy flow within wetland ecosystems. The temporal dynamics and spatial distribution of soil microbial communities are central topics in ecology. While numerous studies have focused on wetland microbial community structures [...] Read more.
The soil microbial community plays a crucial role in the elemental cycling and energy flow within wetland ecosystems. The temporal dynamics and spatial distribution of soil microbial communities are central topics in ecology. While numerous studies have focused on wetland microbial community structures at low altitudes, microbial diversity across seasons and depths and their environmental determinants remain poorly understudied. To test the seasonal variation in microbial communities with contrasting seasonal fluxes of greenhouse gases, a total of 36 soil samples were collected from different depths in the Namco wetland on the Tibetan Plateau across four seasons. We found significant seasonal variation in bacterial community composition, most pronounced in the Winter, but not in archaea. In particular, Proteobacteria decreased by 11.5% in Winter compared with other seasons (p < 0.05). The bacterial alpha diversity showed hump-shaped seasonal patterns with lower diversity in Winter, whereas archaea showed no significant patterns across depths. A PERMANOVA further revealed significant differences in the bacterial community structure between Winter and the other three seasons (p < 0.05). In addition, bacterial and archaeal community structures differed between surface (0–5 cm) and deeper (5–30 cm) soils (p < 0.01). Redundancy analysis showed that soil total nitrogen, soil total phosphorus, and total soil organic carbon significantly influenced bacteria and archaea (p < 0.05). Furthermore, soil moisture content and temperature strongly affected the bacterial community structure (p < 0.001). Our findings highlighted the seasonal variation in the microbial community and the profound influence of soil moisture and temperature on microbial structure in alpine wetlands on the Tibetan Plateau. Full article
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Effects of Difenoconazole and Imidacloprid Seed Coatings on Soil Microbial Community Diversity and Ecological Function
by Dunfeng Feng, Jiabin Chen, Guo Li, Xiaoying Yang, Yujie Xiong, An Lao, Suzhen Huang and Zheng Zheng
Microorganisms 2025, 13(4), 806; https://doi.org/10.3390/microorganisms13040806 - 1 Apr 2025
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Difenoconazole and imidacloprid are key components of seed-coating agents, which alter soil microbial community structure and function after application. Existing studies mainly focus on the environmental effects of their spraying application, while research on their impacts on the soil ecosystem when used as [...] Read more.
Difenoconazole and imidacloprid are key components of seed-coating agents, which alter soil microbial community structure and function after application. Existing studies mainly focus on the environmental effects of their spraying application, while research on their impacts on the soil ecosystem when used as seed-coating agents is relatively limited. Through field experiments, this study systematically evaluated and compared the effects of difenoconazole and imidacloprid seed coatings on wheat rhizosphere soil microbial communities and ecological functions by measuring soil enzyme activities, employing 16S rRNA and ITS high-throughput sequencing technologies and predicting KEGG functional pathways. The results showed that imidacloprid and difenoconazole significantly reduced bacterial community diversity, particularly under the high-dosage difenoconazole treatment (0.18 g a.i./kg seed), with a 5.80% decrease in diversity by day 30. This treatment most strongly inhibited the phyla Bacteroidota and Myxococcota, with maximum reductions of 23.87% and 63.57%, respectively. However, the abundance of Actinobacteriota significantly increased, with a maximum increase of 38.53%. Additionally, fungal community diversity significantly increased under both difenoconazole and imidacloprid treatments. Both seed coatings significantly altered the microbial community structure from days 20 to 60, with recovery occurring by day 120. Furthermore, KEGG pathway analysis revealed that the high-dosage difenoconazole treatment (0.18 g a.i./kg seed) significantly activated functional pathways such as cell motility, signal transduction, and membrane transport, whereas the standard dosage (0.12 g a.i./kg seed) exhibited metabolic suppression. This study elucidates the dynamic impacts of seed-coating agent application on soil microbial communities, providing theoretical support for rational pesticide use and the optimization of agricultural strategies. Full article
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