Correlation between bacterial abundance, soil properties and heavy metal contamination in the area of non-ferrous metal processing plant, Southern Bulgaria


	Exponential correlation between integrated HM contamination status (PC1 score) and bacterial abundance (16S rRNA gene copies) in the studied soils (R2=0.8251) from the area of KCM – 2000.

Part of: Nikolova R, Petkova M, Dinev N, Kenarova A, Boteva S, Berov D, Radeva G (2022) Correlation between bacterial abundance, soil properties and heavy metal contamination in the area of non-ferrous metal processing plant, Southern Bulgaria. In: Chankova S, Peneva V, Metcheva R, Beltcheva M, Vassilev K, Radeva G, Danova K (Eds) Current trends of ecology. BioRisk 17: 19-30. https://doi.org/10.3897/biorisk.17.77458