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Di-n-butyl phthalate stress hampers compost multifunctionality by reducing microbial biomass, diversity and network complexity

Di-n-butyl phthalate stress hampers compost multifunctionality by reducing microbial biomass, diversity and network complexity
Di-n-butyl phthalate stress hampers compost multifunctionality by reducing microbial biomass, diversity and network complexity

Phthalates are common pollutants in agriculture. Here, the influence of di-n-butyl phthalate (DBP) on multifunctionality of composting was assessed. Results indicated that DBP stress (100 mg/kg) hampered multifunctionality from the thermophilic phase onwards and resulted in a 6.5 % reduction of all assessed functions. DBP stress also significantly reduced microbial biomass (P < 0.05), altered microbial composition (P < 0.05), and decreased network complexity (P < 0.01). Multifunctionality was found to be strongly correlated (P < 0.001) with microbial biomass, diversity, and network complexity. In addition, keystone taxa responsive to DBP were identified as Streptomyces, Thermoactinomyces, Mycothermus, and Lutispora. These taxa were significantly (P < 0.001) affected by DBP stress, and a correlation between them and multifunctionality was shown. This study contributes to a better understanding of the negative implications of phthalates during composting processes, which is of great significance to the development of new treatment strategies for agricultural waste.

Composting, Di-n-butyl phthalate, Microbial diversity, Multifunctionality, Network complexity
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Wang, Ping
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Wang, Ping, Wang, Zhen, Zhu, Miaomiao, Zhu, Chaosheng, Feng, Wenli, Duan, Guilan, Cernava, Tomislav and Jin, Decai (2023) Di-n-butyl phthalate stress hampers compost multifunctionality by reducing microbial biomass, diversity and network complexity. Bioresource Technology, 376, [128889]. (doi:10.1016/j.biortech.2023.128889).

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Phthalates are common pollutants in agriculture. Here, the influence of di-n-butyl phthalate (DBP) on multifunctionality of composting was assessed. Results indicated that DBP stress (100 mg/kg) hampered multifunctionality from the thermophilic phase onwards and resulted in a 6.5 % reduction of all assessed functions. DBP stress also significantly reduced microbial biomass (P < 0.05), altered microbial composition (P < 0.05), and decreased network complexity (P < 0.01). Multifunctionality was found to be strongly correlated (P < 0.001) with microbial biomass, diversity, and network complexity. In addition, keystone taxa responsive to DBP were identified as Streptomyces, Thermoactinomyces, Mycothermus, and Lutispora. These taxa were significantly (P < 0.001) affected by DBP stress, and a correlation between them and multifunctionality was shown. This study contributes to a better understanding of the negative implications of phthalates during composting processes, which is of great significance to the development of new treatment strategies for agricultural waste.

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Accepted/In Press date: 11 March 2023
e-pub ahead of print date: 15 March 2023
Published date: 17 March 2023
Additional Information: Funding Information: This work was supported by the National Natural Science Foundation of China (grant No. 41977122 ), and the Science and Technology Project of Henan Province (grant No. 212102310531 ). Publisher Copyright: © 2023 Elsevier Ltd
Keywords: Composting, Di-n-butyl phthalate, Microbial diversity, Multifunctionality, Network complexity

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Local EPrints ID: 477411
URI: http://eprints.soton.ac.uk/id/eprint/477411
ISSN: 0960-8524
PURE UUID: a7a9377f-9ab6-4a13-b50b-7778c0d3c1e1
ORCID for Tomislav Cernava: ORCID iD orcid.org/0000-0001-7772-4080

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Date deposited: 06 Jun 2023 16:51
Last modified: 17 Mar 2024 07:43

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Author: Ping Wang
Author: Zhen Wang
Author: Miaomiao Zhu
Author: Chaosheng Zhu
Author: Wenli Feng
Author: Guilan Duan
Author: Tomislav Cernava ORCID iD
Author: Decai Jin

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