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Adverse effects of microplastics on earthworms: A critical review

Science of the Total Environment, 2022
Microplastics are widely distributed in terrestrial environments and have been known to adversely affect earthworms. Based on 67 publications, we summarized the effects of microplastics on the growth, behavior, oxidative responses, gene expression, and ...
Hongwen Sun, Chunguang Liu
exaly   +2 more sources

Variations in bacterial taxonomic profiles and potential functions in response to the gut transit of earthworms (Eisenia fetida) feeding on cow manure

Science of the Total Environment, 2021
Yuji Jiang, Pengfa Li, Dandan Yao
exaly   +2 more sources

Earthworms' Degradable Bioplastic Diet of Polylactic Acid: Easy to Break Down and Slow to Excrete.

Environmental Science and Technology, 2022
Microplastics (MPs) in soils may be ingested by terrestrial animals. While the application of bioplastics is increasing, the ingestion and excretion characteristics of bio-MPs by terrestrial animals are poorly understood as compared to fossil-MPs.
Lei Wang, Yawen Peng, Yali Xu, Junjie Zhang, Chunguang Liu, Xuejiao Tang, Yuan Lu, Hongwen Sun   +7 more
semanticscholar   +1 more source

Size effects of microplastics on accumulation and elimination of phenanthrene in earthworms

Journal of Hazardous Materials, 2021
Microplastics (MPs) are a class of emerging contaminants with diverse sizes. They influence the behavior of pollutants in the environment and cause harmful effects on organisms.
Guanghui Xu, Yang Liu, Xue‐Zhi Song, Ming Li, Yong Yu   +4 more
exaly   +2 more sources

Interactive effects of microplastics, biochar, and earthworms on CO2 and N2O emissions and microbial functional genes in vegetable-growing soil.

Environmental Research, 2022
Soil carbon dioxide (CO2) and nitrous oxide (N2O) emissions are two main greenhouse gases that play important roles in global warming. Studies have shown that microplastics, biochar, and earthworms can significantly affect soil greenhouse gas emissions ...
Bo Gao, Yaying Li, Ningguo Zheng, Cuncheng Liu, Hongyun Ren, H. Yao   +5 more
semanticscholar   +1 more source

Transcriptomic and metabolic responses of earthworms to contaminated soil with polypropylene and polyethylene microplastics at environmentally relevant concentrations.

Journal of Hazardous Materials, 2021
Examining transcriptomic and metabolic responses of earthworms to microplastic-contaminated soil is critical for understanding molecular-level toxicity of microplastics; yet very little research on this topic exists.
Keyi Chen, Ronggui Tang, Yongming Luo, Youchao Chen, A. EI-Naggar, Jianhang Du, Aiai Bu, Yan Yan, X. Lu, Yanjiang Cai, Scott X. Chang   +10 more
semanticscholar   +1 more source

Co-exposure of Monensin Increased the Risks of Atrazine to Earthworms.

Environmental Science and Technology, 2022
Antibiotics could enter farmlands through sewage irrigation or manure application, causing combined pollution with pesticides. Antibiotics may affect the environmental fate of pesticides and even increase their bioavailability.
Wenqi Jiang, Wangjing Zhai, Xueke Liu, Fang Wang, Donghui Liu, Xiangyang Yu, Peng Wang   +6 more
semanticscholar   +1 more source

Deciphering Potential Roles of Earthworms in Mitigation of Antibiotic Resistance in the Soils from Diverse Ecosystems.

Environmental Science and Technology, 2021
Earthworms are capable of redistributing bacteria and antibiotic resistance genes (ARGs) through soil profiles. However, our understanding of the earthworm gut microbiome and its interaction with the antibiotic resistome is still lacking.
Dong Zhu, M. Delgado‐Baquerizo, Jianqiang Su, Jing Ding, Hu Li, M. Gillings, J. Peñuelas, Yong-guan Zhu   +7 more
semanticscholar   +1 more source

Polystyrene microplastics impact the occurrence of antibiotic resistance genes in earthworms by size-dependent toxic effects.

Journal of Hazardous Materials, 2021
Microplastics (MPs) and antibiotic resistance genes (ARGs) are two classes of emerging and prevalent contaminants in terrestrial environments. To date, effects of MPs on the occurrence of ARGs in terrestrial invertebrates remain uncertain.
Guanghui Xu, Yong Yu
semanticscholar   +1 more source

Microplastics as a vector of toxic chemicals in soil: Enhanced uptake of perfluorooctane sulfonate and perfluorooctanoic acid by earthworms through sorption and reproductive toxicity

, 2021
The accumulation of microplastics (MP) in soil via their continuous release and degradation of large plastics has recently become a serious global problem.
Z. Sobhani, Cheng Fang, R. Naidu, M. Megharaj   +3 more
semanticscholar   +1 more source