Table 3.

Lead and heavy metal impact on microbial communities in terrestrial soils.

Site History	Total Metal Concentration (mg/kg)	Community Effectsa		Reference
Industrial waste (20 years), Dapu Town, Hunan Province, China	As, 10.8-146.3 Cd, 1.09-46.55 Cr, 1.21-36.9 Pb, 33.6-2866 Zn, 57.7-1300 +Ca, Ti, V, Mn, Fe, Co, Ni, Rb, Sr, Y, Zr, Bi, Th, K	(+)b Proteobacteria, Crenarchaeota, Euryarchaeota (−) Chloroflexi Cd, As, Zn, Pb (+) Archea abundance; (−) Bacteria abundance		Li et al., 2017
Electronic waste & smouldering activities (Cu enrichment) Alaba Internatl Market Lagos State, Nigeria	Cd, 1.2-20.7 Cr, 16.6-187 Cu, 10-21600 Ni, 10-3830 Pb, 10-8670 Zn, 20-3040	Dominant (in descending order of abundance in high heavy metal soil): Proteobacteria, Firmicutes, Actinobacteria, Chloroflexi, Acidobacteria, Planctomycetes, Bacteroidetes		Jiang et al., 2019
Manufactured gas plant (150-200 years) Multiple cities, Australia	Al, 418-3341 As, 3-177 Cd, 0.04-3 Cr, 15-431 Cu, 10-1388 Ni, 6-107 Pb, 19-1622 Zn, 20-953 +Polycyclic Aromatic Hydrocarbons	Dominant: Proteobacteria, Gram negative bacteria Lower abundance: Gemmatimonadetes, Bacteriodetes, Chloroflexi		Kuppusamy et al., 2016
Au, Pb, & Zn mining, Zhen’an County, Shangluo City, Shaanxi Province, China	As, 19.83-79.81 Cd, 0.36-1.97 Hg, 0.12-2.09 Pb, 30.91-59.86 Zn, 28.63-50.68	Dominant (in descending order of abundance): Proteobacteria, Acidobacteria, Bacteroidetes, Actinobacteria, Gemmatimonadetes, Planctomycetes, Firmicutes (+) Acidobacteria, Bacteroidetes, Planctomycetes (−) Proteobacteria, Gemmatimonadetes, Actinobacteria, Firmicutes Gammaroteobacteria Acidobacteria Bacteroidetes Alphaproteobacteria Gammaproteobacteria Gemmatimonadetes Betaproteobacteria Actinobacteria	Genera: (+) Acidibacter (+) Blastocatella (+) Flavobacterium, Pedobacter (−) Sphingomonas (−) Acinetobacter, Pseudomonas, Mizugakiibacter, Rhodanobacter (−) Gemmatimonas (−)Ralstonia (−) Arthrobacter	Guo, et al., 2017
Pb & Zn mining (1904-1970) Picher, Ottawa Co., Oklahoma, USA	Al, 34.8-4040.4 Cd, 0.1-43.6 Mg, 94.0-841.7 Pb, 3.1-1115.2 Zn, 8.1-4486.9 +Te, W, K, Mn, Ni, Fe, V, B, Cu, Co, Cr, Ti, Na	Pb, Cd, Zn, Mg (−) Bacteria Al, Cd, Pb, and/or Zn (+) or (−) Acidobacteria, Actinobacteria, Bacteriodetes, Chloroflexi, Plantomycetes, Proteobacteria, Verrucomicrobia Actinobacteria Bacteroidetes Alphaproteobacteria Deltaproteobacteria Planctomycetes	Genera: (+) Streptomyces, Amycolatopsis (+) Flavisolibacter (+) Sphingomonas (+) Geobacter (+) Gemmata, Planctomyces	Beattie et al, 2018 Beattie et al., 2017 (analytical chemistry)
Zn & Pb mining & smelting (since medieval times; industrial, 1967-2013) Miasteczko Śláskie & Olkusz, Poland	Cd, 3.98-82.6 Cu, 2.25-127 Mn, 57-770 Pb, 298-7200 Zn, 80-4249	(+) Gram positive bacteria (−) Gram negative bacteria & fungi		Azarbad et al., 2013
Pb & Zn enrichment facility (40 years) & Pb & Zn mining (100 years) Yunnan Province, China	Pb, 23.61-36,586 Zn, 66.99-31,089	Pb & Zn (+) Verrucomicrobia Alphaproteobacteria Actinobacteria Betaproteobacteria Alphaproteobacteria Mining (−) Actinobacteria, Chloroflexi Mining (+) Verrucomicrobia Actinobacteria Alphaproteobacteria Betaproteobacteria Alphaproteobacteria	Genera: Pb & Zn (+) Bradyrhizobium Pb & Zn (−) Nocardioides, Gaiella, Acidimicrobiaceae (Family) uncultured, Actinobacteria norank Pb & Zn (−) Comamonadaceae (Family) unclass Pb & Zn (−) Skermanella Mining (−) Nocardioides, Gaiella, Acidimicrobiaceae uncultured & Actinobacteria norank Mining (−) Skermanella Mining (−)Comamonadaceae (Family) unclass Mining (+) Bradyrhizobium	Xu et al., 2017
Smelter, (1936-1989) Seocheon city, Chungnam, Republic of Korea	As, 1.3-16.9 Cd, 1.02-3.2 Cu, 65.33-154.8 Ni, 2.7-3.82 Pb, 53.8-455.3 Zn, 44.6-102.6	Dominant (in descending order of abundance): Proteobacteria, Chloroflexi, Acidobacteria, Bacteroidetes Smelting (−) Chloroflexi, Chlorobi Firmucutes Deltaproteobacteria Deltaproteobacteria Firmucutes Deltaproteobacteria Actinobacteria Deltaproteobacteria Deltaproteobacteria Deltaproteobacteria Deltaproteobacteria	Genera: As(+) Bacillus As(+) Desulfatibacillum As(−) Desulfovirga Cd (+) Bacillus Cd (−) Desulfatibacillum, Desulfoglaeba, Desulfovirga Cu (+) Streptomyces Cu (−) Desulfatibacillum, Desulfococcus,Desulfovirga Pb (+) Desulfatibacillum, Desulfovirga Pb (−) Desulfococcus Ni (+) Desulfovirga	Tipayno et al., 2017

^aPhylum unless otherwise noted. Proteobacteria are listed by class if associated information is available: Alphaproteobacteria, Betaproteobacteria, Deltaproteobacteria, and Gammaproteobacteria. When a genus is identified, its corresponding phylum is provided for clarity.

^b(+), positive correlation to heavy metal concentration; (−), negative correlation to heavy metal concentration