Methanogenesis couples with arsenic methylation in urban interface biofilms under arsenic-phosphorus decoupling stress
These findings establish urban interfaces as previously unrecognized hotspots where arsenic transformation and greenhouse gas production are mechanistically coupled, with important implications for understanding urban biogeochemical cycles and their environmental impacts.
Authors
- Yunwei Lin
- Bangxiao Zheng
- Yingsen Lei
- Mingxi Zhou
- Qingfang Bi
Institutions
- Nanjing Normal University (CN)
- Finnish Environment Institute (FI)
- Luther University (KR)
- German Centre for Integrative Biodiversity Research (DE)
- Membrane Technology & Research (United States) (US)
- Centre for Research on Ecology and Forestry Applications (ES)
- Max Planck Institute for Biogeochemistry (DE)
- Innovative Research (United States) (US)
- Martin Luther University Halle-Wittenberg (DE)
- Xiamen University of Technology (CN)
Publication Details
- Journal
- Frontiers in Microbiology
- Published
- 2026-03-09
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.3389/fmicb.2026.1798642
- Primary Topic
- Arsenic contamination and mitigation
- Type
- article
- Field-Weighted Citation Impact
- 0.00
Funders
- Natural Science Foundation of Xiamen City
- Chinese Academy of Sciences