Structural and functional response of soil bacterial community to consecutive spiking of nZVI and PAHs revealed by universal and sphingomonads-specific 16S rRNA primers

Nanoscale zero-valent iron (nZVI) particles are promising materials in the remediation of soil organic pollutions, however, knowledge about its long-term impacts on soil bacterial community and functional taxa are still limited. In this study, we investigated the functional and structural response of soil bacterial community to nZVI and/or PAHs in 10 consecutive batches.