Zhengyue Zhang , Difan Xiao , Hanyu Wang , Qian Li , Sardar Ali , Yulei Chen , Jiaye Tang , Linjia Jiang , Jiwei Shen , Wenli Xin , Lingling Feng , Menggen Ma
{"title":"Enhanced tolerance of Saccharomyces cerevisiae to industrial inhibitors through multi-transcription factor engineering for environmental and biotechnological applications","authors":"Zhengyue Zhang , Difan Xiao , Hanyu Wang , Qian Li , Sardar Ali , Yulei Chen , Jiaye Tang , Linjia Jiang , Jiwei Shen , Wenli Xin , Lingling Feng , Menggen Ma","doi":"10.1016/j.ibiod.2025.106099","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.ibiod.2025.106099","url":null,"abstract":"<div><div>This study presents a novel approach to enhance the tolerance of Saccharomyces cerevisiae to industrial inhibitors, including furfural, 5-hydroxymethylfurfural (HMF), acetic acid, formic acid, anhydrous ethanol, and phenol. By co-overexpressing the transcription factors PDR1, YAP1, and RPN4, engineered yeast strains exhibited significantly improved stress resistance, with shorter lag phases and higher growth rates compared to parental strains. RNA sequencing revealed upregulation of key genes involved in NADPH regeneration, redox balance, and cell membrane stabilization, while downregulation of protein modification genes suggested an energy-efficient oxidative stress management strategy. These findings demonstrate the potential of multi-transcription factor engineering to improve yeast strain performance under toxic conditions, with important implications for industrial bioethanol production and environmental pollutant degradation. Future research should focus on optimizing these strains for broader industrial applications, including scaling up fermentation processes to enhance bioethanol yield and environmental remediation.</div></div>","PeriodicalId":13643,"journal":{"name":"International Biodeterioration & Biodegradation","volume":"202 ","pages":"Article 106099"},"PeriodicalIF":4.1,"publicationDate":"2025-04-16","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"143834911","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":2,"RegionCategory":"环境科学与生态学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Wen-Ru Li , Zhi-Qing Zhang , Kang Liao , Qing-Shan Shi , Xu-Bin Huang , Xiao-Bao Xie
{"title":"Efflux pumps of Pseudomonas aeruginosa and their regulatory mechanisms underlying multidrug resistance","authors":"Wen-Ru Li , Zhi-Qing Zhang , Kang Liao , Qing-Shan Shi , Xu-Bin Huang , Xiao-Bao Xie","doi":"10.1016/j.ibiod.2025.106096","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.ibiod.2025.106096","url":null,"abstract":"<div><div><em>Pseudomonas aeruginosa</em>, an opportunistic gram-negative bacterial pathogen, is a significant threat in hospital intensive care units due to its ability to cause various human infections. Its large genome enables remarkable adaptability to environmental changes, resulting in the development of antibiotic and multidrug resistance (MDR). The chromosomes of <em>P. aeruginosa</em> strains harbor numerous resistance genes, the majority of which are related to efflux pumps (EPs). These genes are primarily responsible for antibiotic and MDR. Efflux systems are pivotal in <em>P. aeruginosa</em> MDR, comprising six major EP protein families: ATP-binding cassette, major facilitator, multidrug and toxin extrusion, small MDR, proteobacterial antimicrobial compound efflux, and resistance nodulation cell division (RND) superfamilies. Among these, RND EPs are the most critical, displaying the broadest substrate spectrum and the strongest correlation with MDR. The <em>P. aeruginosa</em> genome encodes twelve RND EPs, which exhibit overlapping but distinct substrate ranges. Notably, MexAB, MexXY, MexCD, and MexEF EPs contribute significantly to MDR. EP systems in <em>P. aeruginosa</em> are unique, with gene sequences distinct from those of EP systems in other gram-negative and gram-positive bacteria, making interspecific gene transfer of EP resistance genes uncommon. EP inhibitors (EPIs) possess the potential to promote the clinical efficacy of antibiotics against <em>P. aeruginosa</em> infections. However, no EPIs have been applied in clinical anti-infective treatment to date. Consequently, there is an urgent need for in-depth exploration of the molecular structures, functions, and mechanisms of <em>P. aeruginosa</em> EP systems. Developing low-toxicity, high-efficacy, and broad-spectrum EPIs is crucial to drive and accelerate their clinical application.</div></div>","PeriodicalId":13643,"journal":{"name":"International Biodeterioration & Biodegradation","volume":"202 ","pages":"Article 106096"},"PeriodicalIF":4.1,"publicationDate":"2025-04-14","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"143828775","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":2,"RegionCategory":"环境科学与生态学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Meng Huang , Songyun Chen , Fei Liu , Haiyun Zhang , Xiaobing Gao , Linlin Chen , Yongming Zhang , Bruce E. Rittmann
{"title":"The roles of Paracoccus huijuniae for enhancing denitrification with N-methyl pyrrolidone as the electron donor","authors":"Meng Huang , Songyun Chen , Fei Liu , Haiyun Zhang , Xiaobing Gao , Linlin Chen , Yongming Zhang , Bruce E. Rittmann","doi":"10.1016/j.ibiod.2025.106098","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.ibiod.2025.106098","url":null,"abstract":"<div><div>A strain of <em>Paracoccus huijuniae</em> was isolated from acclimated denitrifying biomass. It was tested for denitrification activity alone or by bioaugmenting it into the denitrifying biomass when N-methyl pyrrolidone (NMP) was the electron donor. The nitrate removal rate was increased by 22 % when <em>P. huijuniae</em> was bioaugmented into the denitrifying biomass, since the nitrate-reduction rate by <em>P. huijuniae</em> was 3.2-fold greater than that for the denitrifying biomass alone. <em>P. huijuniae</em> alone achieved 100 % nitrate conversion to nitrite, but nitrite was not reduced unless nitrate disappeared completely, and then nitrite reduction was slow. Stoichiometric nitrite accumulation can be attributed to the activity of <em>nirK</em> in <em>P. huijuniae</em> being inhibited by the presence of nitrate. Thus, bioaugmentation with <em>P. huijuniae</em> enhanced overall denitrification kinetics by accelerating nitrate reduction to nitrite, but subsequent denitrification steps were completed by other denitrifying strains in the community.</div></div>","PeriodicalId":13643,"journal":{"name":"International Biodeterioration & Biodegradation","volume":"202 ","pages":"Article 106098"},"PeriodicalIF":4.1,"publicationDate":"2025-04-14","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"143826240","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":2,"RegionCategory":"环境科学与生态学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Enhancing anaerobic methane production in the co-presence of PLA, TPS, and PBAT mixed under hydrogen-rich conditions","authors":"Eun Seo Lee , Seon Yeong Park , Chang Gyun Kim","doi":"10.1016/j.ibiod.2025.106094","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.ibiod.2025.106094","url":null,"abstract":"<div><div>Methane (CH<sub>4</sub>) production was compared during mesophilic anaerobic digestion (AD) under H<sub>2</sub>/CO<sub>2</sub> purged versus N<sub>2</sub> purged, investigating the biodecomposition of polylactic acid (PLA), thermoplastic starch (TPS), and polybutylene adipate terephthalate (PBAT) as the co-presence of PLA/TPS (LS), TPS/PBAT (SB), PLA/PBAT (LB), and PLA/TPS/PBAT (LSB). Therein, 427.37 and 339.22 mL CH<sub>4</sub>/g volatile solid (VS) were produced endogenously under H<sub>2</sub>/CO<sub>2</sub> and N<sub>2</sub> purged, respectively. CH<sub>4</sub> production from LS and SB was further increased from 170 to 193 mL CH<sub>4</sub>/g VS compared to the respective control samples. The degradation of LB and LSB resulted in significantly higher CH<sub>4</sub> production under H<sub>2</sub>/CO<sub>2</sub> (157.49 and 229.21 mL CH<sub>4</sub>/g VS) than under N<sub>2</sub> (106.88 and 119.63 mL CH<sub>4</sub>/g VS, respectively). Metagenome sequencing revealed that H<sub>2</sub>/CO<sub>2</sub> purged led syntrophs of hydrogenotrophic methanogens (e.g., <em>Firmicutes</em>) overcoming higher strengths of fatty acids and utilizing H<sub>2</sub> to produce more CH<sub>4</sub>. Subsequently, PLA and PBAT exhibited breakdowns in the polymer chains and molecular weight along with increased crystallinity. This was confirmed through Fourier transform infrared spectroscopy (FTIR), gel permeation chromatography (GPC), and differential scanning calorimetry (DSC). This study highlights the critical roles of co-digestion with H<sub>2</sub> and bioplastics in increasing CH<sub>4</sub> production in the AD system.</div></div>","PeriodicalId":13643,"journal":{"name":"International Biodeterioration & Biodegradation","volume":"202 ","pages":"Article 106094"},"PeriodicalIF":4.1,"publicationDate":"2025-04-13","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"143823464","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":2,"RegionCategory":"环境科学与生态学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Manping Zhang , Shanshan Sun , Xushun Gu , Shaoxuan Ding , Shengbing He
{"title":"Microbial driven nitrogen transformation in the plant rhizosphere of a saltmarsh wetland: From functional genes to activity and contribution","authors":"Manping Zhang , Shanshan Sun , Xushun Gu , Shaoxuan Ding , Shengbing He","doi":"10.1016/j.ibiod.2025.106086","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.ibiod.2025.106086","url":null,"abstract":"<div><div>Rhizosphere soil microbes played a crucial role in regulating nitrogen transformations in saltmarsh wetlands. Nevertheless, studies that quantitatively determined bacterial metabolic clusters to predict the biological and environmental impacts were limited. In this study, stable isotopic and molecular biological analyses were utilized to detect bacterial biodiversity, community structure, abundances and activities in the rhizosphere. Results showed that the absolute copy numbers of nitrogen functional genes (<em>amoA</em>, <em>nirS</em>, <em>nosZ</em>, etc.) and 16S rRNA were 7.57 × 10<sup>4</sup>-6.68 × 10<sup>7</sup> and 7.65 × 10<sup>8</sup>-8.21 × 10<sup>9</sup> copies·g<sup>−1</sup>, and the relative abundances of nitrifying genera and dissimilatory nitrate reduction processes (anammox, DNRA and denitrification) varied from 0.02 % to 0.10 % and from 47.95 % to 63.16 %, respectively. The <em>Sphingomonas</em>, <em>Lysobacter</em>, <em>Massilia</em> and <em>Pseudarthrobacter</em> were the predominant genera related to nitrogen loss by denitrification process, and DNRA (<em>Pseudomonas</em>, <em>Paracoccus</em> and <em>Bacillus</em>), anammox (<em>Candidatus</em> Scalindua and <em>Candidatus</em> Kuenenia) and nitrification (<em>Nitrosomonas</em> and <em>Nitrospira</em>) co-existed with denitrifying organisms. The potential rates of nitrification, denitrification, anammox and DNRA (dissimilatory nitrate reduction to ammonium) were 69.08–170.01, 219.04–325.67, 15.87–37.06 and 29.94–51.21 nmolN<sub>2</sub>·g<sup>−1</sup>·d<sup>−1</sup>, respectively; and the nitrification was the crucial pathway of NH<sub>4</sub><sup>+</sup> oxidation, while denitrification played a vital role in NO<sub>X</sub><sup>−</sup> reduction and N<sub>2</sub> production. In the meantime, the rhizosphere soil physicochemical properties could affect the microbial distributions, and NH<sub>4</sub><sup>+</sup>, NO<sub>2</sub><sup>−</sup>, NO<sub>3</sub><sup>−</sup>, TOC (total organic carbon), TS (total sulfur) and TN (total nitrogen) were the most crucial factors. The microbial functional profiles were predicted by FAPROTAX analysis, and several functions related to nitrogen metabolisms were annotated, such as nitrate reduction and ammonia oxidation. Overall, these findings provided significant insights into microbial driven nitrogen cycles in rhizosphere soil of saltmarsh wetlands.</div></div>","PeriodicalId":13643,"journal":{"name":"International Biodeterioration & Biodegradation","volume":"202 ","pages":"Article 106086"},"PeriodicalIF":4.1,"publicationDate":"2025-04-12","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"143821560","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":2,"RegionCategory":"环境科学与生态学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Tianxiao Li , Huabing Zhang , Xiang Tan , Rui Zhang , Fasi Wu , Zongren Yu , Bomin Su
{"title":"Antifungal activity evaluation of three traditional Chinese herbs against biodeterioration of cultural heritage","authors":"Tianxiao Li , Huabing Zhang , Xiang Tan , Rui Zhang , Fasi Wu , Zongren Yu , Bomin Su","doi":"10.1016/j.ibiod.2025.106093","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.ibiod.2025.106093","url":null,"abstract":"<div><div>Natural biocides are increasingly used in the conservation of cultural heritage against biodeterioration. Traditional Chinese medicine has identified many plants with antimicrobial properties, such as <em>Scutellaria baicalensis</em>, <em>Coptis chinensis</em> and <em>Lonicerae japonicae flos</em>, which provides a rich resource as natural biocides. In this study, the antifungal and antibiofilm activity of these herbs was evaluated against the dominant fungi that always cause deterioration of the cultural heritage. The relationship between the addition of the screened biocide and the color change of the mural and limestone was also analyzed, then the identified maximum acceptable dose was added to the mural and limestone samples to assess the <em>in situ</em> antimicrobial performance. The results showed that <em>S. baicalensis</em> and <em>C. chinensis</em> had the antifungal activity and the active components in the two herbs were baicalin and berberine. Furthermore, a synergistic antifungal activity of the two components was observed and the MICs of the mixture were similar to those of <em>Cinnamomum verum</em> essential oil. In addition, the mixture of baicalin and berberine was also able to inhibit biofilm formation. Because of the yellow color of baicalin and berberine, when they were added, the color of the samples began to turn yellow. However, the maximum addition, with no significant effect on the aesthetic appearance, was still able to inhibit fungal growth in the <em>in situ</em> tests. In conclusion, the mixture of baicalin and berberine could be an alternative natural biocide of <em>C. verum</em> essential oil for the conservation of cultural heritage against biodeterioration.</div></div>","PeriodicalId":13643,"journal":{"name":"International Biodeterioration & Biodegradation","volume":"202 ","pages":"Article 106093"},"PeriodicalIF":4.1,"publicationDate":"2025-04-10","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"143817146","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":2,"RegionCategory":"环境科学与生态学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Marta Sybis , Justyna Staninska-Pięta , Emil Paluch , Emilia Konował , Paweł Cyplik , Łukasz Wolko , Rafal J. Wiglusz , Jakub Czarny , Agnieszka Piotrowska-Cyplik
{"title":"Microbiome analysis of novel cement composites admixed with biopolymer and silver nanoparticles","authors":"Marta Sybis , Justyna Staninska-Pięta , Emil Paluch , Emilia Konował , Paweł Cyplik , Łukasz Wolko , Rafal J. Wiglusz , Jakub Czarny , Agnieszka Piotrowska-Cyplik","doi":"10.1016/j.ibiod.2025.106084","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.ibiod.2025.106084","url":null,"abstract":"<div><div>This study analyses the effect of cement composites containing natural plastificator - silver nanosized particles (AgNPs) stabilised with biopolymer (starch derivative – dextrin) on the spatial, taxonomic, and functional structure of the bacterial metabiome in the context of their potential to deteriorate the wastewater infrastructure (in-situ testing). The obtained results showed that the presence of AgNPs inhibited the formation of the complex spatial structure of the biofilm and contributed to significant changes in the structure of bacterial metapopulation. The highest sensitivity to the presence of nanoparticles was demonstrated by microorganisms categorised into the order <em>Caulobacterales</em>, the genera <em>Caulobacter</em> and <em>Mycoplana</em>, and among the taxa responsible for sulphur metabolism – the genera <em>Thiovirga</em>, <em>Thiofaba</em> and <em>Thiothrix</em>. On the surface of nanocomposites were found nanoparticle-resistant groups from the families <em>Rhodobacteraceae</em>, <em>Porhyromonadaceae</em>, <em>Campylobacteriaceae</em> and the genera <em>Bacillus</em>, <em>Pseudomonas</em>, <em>Sulfurospirillum</em>, <em>Microvulga</em>, <em>Dysgonomonas</em>, <em>Propionobacterium</em>, <em>Ralstonia</em>, <em>Renibacterium</em>, <em>Desulfosporosinus</em>, <em>Metylobacterium</em> and <em>Anoxyba</em>cillus, all playing a potential role in the deterioration of concrete structures. Despite this, relative to the reference sample, the total predicted thiosulfate oxidation potential was lower in the variants with nanocomposite and the nanocomposite with nano-coating by 52 % and 29 %, respectively. The integration of plasticizers and nanosized silver resulted in the development of a multifunctional preparation that exhibits bactericidal efficiency and enhances the workability, durability, and compressive strength of cement composites. This innovative formulation has the potential to be applied in a wide range of contexts, including the construction of wastewater wells.</div></div>","PeriodicalId":13643,"journal":{"name":"International Biodeterioration & Biodegradation","volume":"202 ","pages":"Article 106084"},"PeriodicalIF":4.1,"publicationDate":"2025-04-10","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"143807255","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":2,"RegionCategory":"环境科学与生态学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Environmentally-grown aerobic granular sludge performs more complete pharmaceutical biodegradation and wastewater treatment than lab-grown granules","authors":"Kylie B. Bodle , Catherine M. Kirkland","doi":"10.1016/j.ibiod.2025.106081","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.ibiod.2025.106081","url":null,"abstract":"<div><div>This study evaluated pharmaceutical removal by environmentally-grown aerobic granular sludge (AGS). Most pharmaceutical treatment studies utilize lab-grown AGS, which is cultivated from activated sludge flocs on synthetic media and therefore is likely to possess different physical and microbiological properties than its real-world counterpart. For approximately 70 days, a 60 μg/L mixture of gemfibrozil, diclofenac, and erythromycin was fed to environmentally-grown AGS. Wastewater treatment, granule characteristics, and pharmaceutical fate were monitored. Environmentally-grown granules outperformed their lab-grown counterparts in multiple ways: environmental granules were physically unimpacted by pharmaceuticals, phosphate removal remained complete, and all nitrogen removal processes were unaffected except ammonia oxidation, which was temporarily inhibited by approximately 35%. Most importantly, gemfibrozil was completely biodegraded, a result yet to be observed in any AGS study. Diclofenac and erythromycin removal were minimal and generally below 10%. The families J111, <em>Xanthomonadaceae</em>, OLB5, and <em>Weeksellaceae</em> were uniquely identified as pharmaceutical degraders. Results suggest that environmentally-grown AGS contains rare, but essential, microbial community members missing from lab-grown granules, and these communities enhance environmental granules’ resilience during pharmaceutical exposure. Altogether, this study demonstrates that lab-grown AGS may not accurately model the functional capacity of its real-world counterparts.</div></div>","PeriodicalId":13643,"journal":{"name":"International Biodeterioration & Biodegradation","volume":"202 ","pages":"Article 106081"},"PeriodicalIF":4.1,"publicationDate":"2025-04-05","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"143777374","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":2,"RegionCategory":"环境科学与生态学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"A new isolated bacterium coupling reduction of ferric ion with oxidation of hydrogen and sulfur","authors":"Ji-Dong Gua","doi":"10.1016/j.ibiod.2025.106082","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.ibiod.2025.106082","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":13643,"journal":{"name":"International Biodeterioration & Biodegradation","volume":"201 ","pages":"Article 106082"},"PeriodicalIF":4.1,"publicationDate":"2025-04-04","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"143816073","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":2,"RegionCategory":"环境科学与生态学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Zhirui Qin , Zhenhua Zhao , Liling Xia , Jiayuan Liu , Xuan Li , Aiwei Zhang , Yue Wang , Jingwei Wang
{"title":"Unraveling microbial assembly and co-occurrence relationship at seasonal and vertical scales in an aged organic-contaminated site","authors":"Zhirui Qin , Zhenhua Zhao , Liling Xia , Jiayuan Liu , Xuan Li , Aiwei Zhang , Yue Wang , Jingwei Wang","doi":"10.1016/j.ibiod.2025.106080","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.ibiod.2025.106080","url":null,"abstract":"<div><div>Organic-contaminated sites represent a global challenge in soil contamination, yet the spatiotemporal responses of microbial communities remain scarcely investigated. This study explored the landscape characteristics, environmental adaptations, assembly mechanisms, and species interactions of bacterial communities at seasonal and vertical scales in an aged organic-contaminated site. Results showed that seasonal variations (20.62 %) exerted a stronger influence on bacterial community composition and structure compared to soil depth (10.10 %), while organic contaminants and physicochemical factors contributed 8.77 % to the observed variations across both seasonal and vertical scales. Seasonally, summer bacterial communities exhibited lower diversity but better environmental adaptation, along with greater complexity and stability compared to spring and winter. Vertically, surface soil bacterial communities displayed higher diversity and stronger environmental adaptation but weaker complexity and stability than subsurface bacterial communities. Stochastic processes were less influential in shaping microbial community assembly during summer than in spring and winter, while their importance gradually increased with soil depth. Moreover, identified keystone species, such as <em>Pseudomonas</em>, <em>Brevundimonas</em>, and <em>Acidovorax</em>, were closely associated with the degradation of organic contaminants. These findings provide valuable insights into the comprehensive microbial responses to ongoing environmental disturbances in organic-contaminated sites, enhancing our understanding of soil pollution microecology.</div></div>","PeriodicalId":13643,"journal":{"name":"International Biodeterioration & Biodegradation","volume":"202 ","pages":"Article 106080"},"PeriodicalIF":4.1,"publicationDate":"2025-04-02","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"143747318","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":2,"RegionCategory":"环境科学与生态学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}