Soil microbiome after different facade eluate treatment
Biocides from building materials pose a risk for soil pollution. Although ecotoxicity to the aquatic habitat is well established, there is hardly any data on the ecotoxicological effects of biocides on the soil habitat. Since not only biocides are washed out of building materials we tested the effect of facade eluates generated by two different leaching methods on the total and active soil microbial community composition and functions. Bromodeoxyuridine (BrdU) immunocapture method combined with Illumina bacterial 16S rRNA gene and fungal transcribed spacer region (ITS) gene-based amplicon sequencing. Soil microcosms were treated with facade eluates from render formulation containing no biocides or in-can preservatives benzisothiazolinone, methylchloroisothiazolinone, methylisothiazolinon, and film preservatives octylisothiazolinone and terbutryn. Since leaching is a multiparametric process that causes different eluates depending on the respectiv leaching parameters. Leachates of laboratory immersion testing and natural weathering experiments were tested regarding their toxicity.