Heavy metal pollution simplifies microbial networks and enhances modularity during tailings primary succession: divergent assembly dynamics for bacterial and fungal communities.

Front Microbiol · 2025 · PMC12313675 · PMID 40756216

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Relative to bare tailings, BSCs samples exhibited elevated concentrations of Fe, Cd, and Mn at both H and L groups, Zn at L group, and Al at H group, whereas Cu at H group showed a decreasing trend ( Supplementary Table S1 ; Tukey’s HSD, p < 0.05).

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