%0 Journal Article %A Hesse, Elze %A Padfield, Daniel %A Bayer, Florian %A van Veen, Eleanor M. %A G. Bryan, Christopher %A Buckling, Angus %D 2019 %T Supplementary Information from Anthropogenic remediation of heavy metals selects against natural microbial remediation %U https://rs.figshare.com/articles/journal_contribution/Supplementary_Information_from_Anthropogenic_remediation_of_heavy_metals_selects_against_natural_microbial_remediation/8215901 %R 10.6084/m9.figshare.8215901.v1 %2 https://rs.figshare.com/ndownloader/files/15311639 %K detoxification %K human intervention %K metal pollution %K microbial communities %K selection %K siderophores %X In an era of unprecedented environmental change, there have been increasing ecological and global public health concerns associated with exposure to anthropogenic pollutants. While there is a pressing need to remediate polluted ecosystems, human intervention might unwittingly oppose selection for natural detoxification, which is primarily carried out by microbes. We test this possibility in the context of a ubiquitous chemical remediation strategy aimed at targeting metal pollution: the addition of lime-containing materials. Here, we show that raising pH by liming decreased the availability of toxic metals in acidic mine-degraded soils, but as a consequence selected against microbial taxa that naturally remediate soil through the production of metal-binding siderophores. Our results therefore highlight the crucial need to consider the eco-evolutionary consequences of human environmental strategies on microbial ecosystem services and other traits. %I The Royal Society