Long-term effects of environmentally relevant concentrations of silver nanoparticles on major soil bacterial phyla of a loamy soil

Abstract Background The growing production and use of engineered AgNP in industry and private households make increasing concentrations of AgNP in the environment unavoidable. Although we already know the harmful effects of AgNP on pivotal bacterial driven soil functions, information about the impac...

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Main Authors: Anna-Lena Grün, Christoph Emmerling
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: SpringerOpen 2018-08-01
Series:Environmental Sciences Europe
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Online Access:http://link.springer.com/article/10.1186/s12302-018-0160-2