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ReviewFrontiers in microbiology2025

Glyphosate-microbial interactions: metagenomic insights and future directions.

Ayabonga Sibalekile, Tesfay Araya, Julio Castillo Hernandez, Elmarie Kotzé

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Review in Frontiers in microbiology, 2025. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 7 papers.

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1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

Each row is one number read from the abstract, on the scale the paper reported it, with its interval. Left of the dashed line favours the treatment, right favours the comparator. Under each row is the sentence it came from. New to these charts? A ten-minute tutorial.

The abstract states no effect estimate the extractor could read, or names no intervention and outcome on the map, so this paper lights no cell and moves no belief. It is still indexed, cited and linked below.

2 · The registry

The trial behind it

Trials whose registry record cites this paper, or whose number appears in the abstract. A trial that started after this paper was published is citing it as background, not reporting it.

Neither the registry nor the abstract names a trial number. If this is a trial report, that itself is worth knowing.

3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

7 citing papers in PubMed.

  1. Integrative Exploration ofInternational journal of molecular sciences · 2026
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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

PubMed lists nothing against this paper. Absence here is not a guarantee, only a check that was made.

5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

4 authors.

Ayabonga SibalekileDepartment of Soil, Crop and Climate Sciences, University of the Free State, Bloemfontein, South Africa.
Tesfay ArayaDepartment of Soil, Crop and Climate Sciences, University of the Free State, Bloemfontein, South Africa.
Julio Castillo HernandezDepartment of Integrated Science, University of Huelva, Huelva, Spain.
Elmarie KotzéDepartment of Soil, Crop and Climate Sciences, University of the Free State, Bloemfontein, South Africa.

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Glyphosate [N-(phosphonomethyl) glycine] is the most widely used systematic non-selective herbicide worldwide. However, there is increasing concern about its potential impacts on soil microbial communities, which play crucial roles in maintaining soil functions, plant health, and crop productivity. While glyphosate can be inactivated in soil through strong sorption, desorption remains a significant challenge as glyphosate residues and metabolites can exert toxicity effects on agroecosystems, particularly by altering microbial diversity and functionality. This review synthesizes current knowledge on glyphosate's behavior in soils and advancements in metagenomics approaches (including their limitations) to better understand the complex interactions between glyphosate and microbial communities in genetically modified (GM) cropping systems. Glyphosate has demonstrated antimicrobial properties, inhibiting the growth of various bacteria and fungi. Conversely, other studies suggest that glyphosate may enhance microbial richness, promoting the proliferation of potential glyphosate degraders (e.g.,

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glyphosateGM cropsnext-generation sequencingrhizospheresoil microbial communities

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PMID40485833
PMCPMC12142625

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