A statistical approach to model soil microbiota versus heavy metals: a case study on soil samples from Foggia, Southern Italy
Alessandro De Santis, Antonio Bevilacqua, Maria Rosaria Corbo, Barbara Speranza, Matteo Francavilla, Giuseppe Gatta, Federica Carucci, Milena Sinigaglia · 2025
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Alessandro De Santis and co-authors presented a 2025 case study on soil near Foggia in southern Italy. Heavy metals in soil can harm soil life and food safety, yet common risk scores rest on chemical tests alone. The team sampled twelve soils near the city and checked them for seven toxic elements. They also read the DNA of the microbes living in each soil.
The group built a new risk index that keeps the ranking of older scores but softens the pull of extreme values. Their index matched a known score closely while staying more stable. As risk rose, some microbe families grew more common and others faded. Simple tree models could sort soils into risk classes from microbe data alone, which may help target clean-up work.
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| CREATOR | Alessandro De Santis, Antonio Bevilacqua, Maria Rosaria Corbo, Barbara Speranza, Matteo Francavilla, Giuseppe Gatta, Federica Carucci, Milena Sinigaglia |
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| YEAR | 2025 |
| COLLECTION | PAPERS |
| FORMAT | TXT |
| FILE SIZE | 52 KB |
| VERSION | 1.0 |
| LICENSE | CC BY 4.0 |
| RIGHTS | CC BY |
| SOURCE | Europe PMC |