@article{fdi:010078106, title = {{I}mpact of cigarette butts on microbial diversity and dissolved trace metals in coastal marine sediment}, author = {{Q}u{\'e}m{\'e}neur, {M}arianne and {C}hifflet, {S}andrine and {A}krout, {F}. and {B}ellaaj-{Z}ouari, {A}. and {B}elhassen, {M}.}, editor = {}, language = {{ENG}}, abstract = {{C}igarette butts are the most common plastic form of litter found in the marine coast, threatening the quality of the seawater and marine life. {H}owever, the impact of cigarette butts known to contain toxic chemicals has been investigated to date in very few marine species. {T}his study aimed to evaluate the effects of cigarette filters (smoked or unsmoked) on the microbial diversity inhabiting coastal sediments by high-throughput sequencing of the 16{S} r{RNA} genes. {B}oth bacterial structure and metals distribution were impacted by cigarette filter addition in laboratory sediment experiments, compared to control sediment incubations without filter. {B}oth smoked and unsmoked cigarette filters decreased p{H} and dissolved {C}d, {M}o and {V} concentrations in marine sediment incubations, while they increased dissolved {F}e, {M}n, {Z}n levels in the surrounding environment. {S}moked filters dramatically decreased the relative abundance of the phyla {B}acteroidetes and {C}yanobacteria, while the members of the phyla {G}ammaproteobacteria, {F}irmicutes and {T}hermotogae were enriched by smoked filters in marine sediments. {B}acterial taxa associated with deep marine environments or hydrothermal seep fields were selected by smoked cigarette filters. {T}his study demonstrated for the first time the microbial community changes and impacts from toxic cigarette filters in coastal marine sediments.}, keywords = {{C}igarette butt ; {B}acteria ; {D}iversity ; {M}arine sediments ; {T}race metals ; {M}editerranean sea ; {MEDITERRANEE}}, booktitle = {}, journal = {{E}stuarine {C}oastal and {S}helf {S}cience}, volume = {240}, numero = {}, pages = {106785 [8 ]}, ISSN = {0272-7714}, year = {2020}, DOI = {10.1016/j.ecss.2020.106785}, URL = {https://www.documentation.ird.fr/hor/fdi:010078106}, }