title: Soil microbial community toxic response to atrazine and its residues under atrazine and lead contamination.
abstract: Intensive use of atrazine and extensive dispersal of lead (Pb) have occurred in farmland with chemical agriculture development. However, the toxicological effect of their presence on soil microorganism remains unknown. The objective of this study was to investigate the impacts of atrazine or Pb on the soil microbiota, soil net nitrogen mineralization, and atrazine residues over a 28-day microcosm incubation. The Shannon-Wiener diversity index, typical microbe species, and a Neighbor-joining tree of typical species from sequencing denaturing gradient gel electrophoresis (DGGE) bands were determined across periodical sampling times. The results showed that the existence of atrazine or Pb (especially high concentration) in soils reduced microbial diversity (the lowest H value is 2.23) compared to the control (H = 2.59) after a 28-day incubation. The species richness reduced little (from 17~19 species to 16~17 species) over the research time. But soil microbial community was significantly affected by the incubation time after the exposure to atrazine or Pb. The combination of atrazine and Pb had a significant inhibition effect on soil net nitrogen nitrification. Atrazine and Pb significantly stimulated soil cumulative net nitrogen mineralization and nitrification. Pb (300 and 600 mg kg(-1)) accelerated the level of atrazine dissipation. The exposure might stimulate the significant growth of the autochthonous soil degraders which may use atrazine as C source and accelerate the dissipation of atrazine in soils.
authors.affiliation: School of Resources and Environment, University of Jinan, Jinan, 250022, China.
authors.forename: Qinglin
authors.initials: Q
authors.lastname: Chen
authors.forename: Baoshan
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Yang
authors.forename: Hui
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Wang
authors.forename: Fei
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: He
authors.forename: Yongchao
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Gao
authors.forename: Ryan A
authors.initials: RA
authors.lastname: Scheel
mesh_terms: D001280:Atrazine / Q000633:toxicity*; D058645:Denaturing Gradient Gel Electrophoresis; D007854:Lead / Q000633:toxicity*; D064307:Microbiota / Q000187:drug effects*; D010573:Pesticide Residues / Q000633:toxicity*; D012988:Soil Microbiology; D012989:Soil Pollutants / Q000633:toxicity*
chemical_list: D010573:Pesticide Residues; D012989:Soil Pollutants; D007854:Lead; D001280:Atrazine
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