High arsenic levels increase activity rather than diversity or abundance of arsenic metabolism genes in paddy soils
S.-Y. Zhang, X. Xiao, S.-C. Chen, Y. Zhu, G.-X. Sun, K. T. Konstantinidis
This study shows high arsenic levels increase transcriptional activity of arsenic metabolism genes in paddy soils without significantly affecting their diversity or abundance.
bioRxiv · May 3, 2021Microbiology