The soil plastisphere

2023/09/11 by Matthias C. Rillig, Shin Woong Kim, Yong-Guan Zhu +1 · 1 voice · 6 citations
Environmental Science · #Effects and risks of endocrine disrupting chemicals #Microplastics and Plastic Pollution #Pharmaceutical and Antibiotic Environmental Impacts

paper · doi:10.1038/s41579-023-00967-2

openalex publication_date 2023/09/11 · openalex created_date 2025/10/10 · openalex updated_date 2026/07/31

Citations

• Microbial hotspots and hot moments in soil: Concept & review
• Microplastic contamination of river beds significantly reduced by catchment-wide flooding
• The role of multiple global change factors in driving soil functions and microbial biodiversity
• Ecology of the plastisphere
• Mapping human pressures on biodiversity across the planet uncovers anthropogenic threat complexes
• The physical structure of soil: Determinant and consequence of trophic interactions
• Plastic rain in protected areas of the United States
• Microplastic in terrestrial ecosystems
• Microplastic effects on carbon cycling processes in soils

Cited by

• Genetically encoded biosensors for the circular plastics bioeconomy
• The plastisphere: not a unique biofilm but a unifying concept for the interdisciplinary plastic biofilm research community
• Going beyond improving soil health: cover plants as contaminant removers in agriculture
• Antibiotic resistance genes in the animal manure-amended soil-plant system: Occurrence, transmission, bacterial hosts, and human health risks
• Nitrogen Availability Governs Priming Effect Induced by Biodegradable Microplastics Through Microbial Life‐Strategies
• Harnessing microbial power to degrade hydrocarbon‐based plastics

Discussions

• The soil plastisphere is a novel compartment in soils, developing around plastic particles. It has unique properties, and it harbors a specific microbiome. Read about it in our new paper in Nature R [bsky, 25 points, 3 comments]