EcologybioRxiv
Anthropogenic remediation of heavy metals selects against natural microbial remediation
E. Hesse, D. Padfield, F. Bayer…·A. Buckling
The paper shows that liming acidic soils to remediate heavy metals reduces metal availability but selects against microbial taxa that naturally scavenge metals via siderophores.
DOI 10.1098/rspb.2019.0804