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      Exploring bacterial community structure and function associated with atrazine biodegradation in repeatedly treated soils.

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          Substantial application of the herbicide atrazine in agriculture leads to persistent contamination, which may damage the succeeding crops and pose potential threats to soil ecology and environmental health. Here, the degradation characteristics of atrazine and dynamic change of soil bacterial community structure and function as well as their relations were studied during three repeated treatments at the recommended, double, and five-fold doses. The results showed that the degradation half-life of atrazine obviously decreased with increased treatment frequency. Soil microbial functional diversity displayed a variation trend of suppression-recovery-stimulation, which was associated with increased degradation rate of atrazine. 16S amplicon sequencing was conducted to explore bacterial community structure and correlate the genus to potential atrazine degradation. A total of seven potentially atrazine-degrading bacterial genera were found including Nocardioides, Arthrobacter, Bradyrhizobium, Burkholderia, Methylobacterium, Mycobacterium, and Clostridium. These bacterial genera showed almost complete atrazine degradation pathways including dechlorination, dealkylation, hydroxylation, and ring cleavage. Furthermore, the relative abundance of four of them (i.e., Nocardioides, Arthrobacter, Methylobacterium, and Bradyrhizobium) increased with treatment frequency and atrazine concentration, suggesting that they may participate in atrazine degradation during repeated treatments. Our findings reveal the potential relationship between atrazine degradation and soil bacterial community structure in repeatedly treated soils.

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          Journal
          J. Hazard. Mater.
          Journal of hazardous materials
          Elsevier BV
          1873-3336
          0304-3894
          Apr 09 2015
          : 286
          Affiliations
          [1 ] Institute of Pesticide and Environmental Toxicology, College of Agriculture & Biotechnology, Zhejiang University, Hangzhou 310058, China.
          [2 ] Division of Life Science, Hong Kong University of Science and Technology, Clear Water Bay, Hong Kong, China.
          [3 ] Institute of Pesticide and Environmental Toxicology, College of Agriculture & Biotechnology, Zhejiang University, Hangzhou 310058, China. Electronic address: ylyu@zju.edu.cn.
          Article
          S0304-3894(15)00008-4
          10.1016/j.jhazmat.2015.01.006
          25603295
          ce89d576-0218-4f11-922d-ce491512aa5c
          History

          Community structure,Functional diversity,16S rRNA gene,Atrazine,Degradation

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