Soil microbial and plant responses to increasing antibiotic concentration: a case study of five antibiotics
Sarah van den Broek, Inna Nybom, Rafaela Feola Conz, Yifei Sun, Thomas Daniel Bucheli, Sebastian Döetterl, Martin Hartmann, Gina Garland
This study examines the effects of five antibiotics on soil microbial communities, antibiotic resistance genes, and plant growth in a controlled greenhouse experiment, finding significant impacts on prokaryotic diversity and plant productivity.
Applied and Environmental Microbiology · Feb 24, 2026Peer-reviewedMicrobiology