The Impact of Fluoride Pollution on Fungal Communities at the Watershed Scale: A Case Study of the Qingshui River, Ningxia.

Microorganisms · 2025 · PMC12735708 · PMID 41471937

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Although the total Ba-F content in sediments and riparian soils shows an increasing trend from the low-fluoride group to high-fluoride group I to high-fluoride group II, the magnitude of this increase is significantly lower than that observed for F − concentrations in surface water.

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Overall, the α-diversity indices of fungi in both water and sediment exhibited a decreasing trend in the order: LF > HF I > HF II.

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