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Diversity and Activity of Communities Inhabiting Plastic Debris in the North Pacific Gyre.
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104 citing papers in PubMed, 2 syntheses or guidelines pooled it.
- Potential routes of plastics biotransformation involving novel plastizymes revealed by global multi-omic analysis of plastic associated microbes.Scientific reports · 2024Pooled it
- Food or just a free ride? A meta-analysis reveals the global diversity of the Plastisphere.The ISME journal · 2021Pooled it
- Biofilms on microplastics across ecological systems: Formation mechanisms, community composition, environmental impacts, and ecotoxicity.World journal of microbiology & biotechnology · 2026Review
- The aquatic plastisphere: ecology, pathogen dissemination and antimicrobial resistance.Nature reviews. Microbiology · 2026Review
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- Comparative functional profiles of microbial communities on drifting microplastics and volcanic pumice.ISME communications · 2026Article
- Plastic Type and Condition Have Minimal Impact on Associated Marine Biofilm Communities.Environmental microbiology · 2025Article
- A review on microbial-biofilm mediated mechanisms in marine microplastics degradation.Antonie van Leeuwenhoek · 2025Review
- Microbial communities associated with plastic fishing nets: diversity, potentially pathogenic and hydrocarbon degrading bacteria.Scientific reports · 2025Article
- Microplastic biofilms as potential hotspots for plastic biodegradation and nitrogen cycling: a metagenomic perspective.FEMS microbiology ecology · 2025Article
- Zooming in the plastisphere: the ecological interface for phytoplankton-plastic interactions in aquatic ecosystems.Biological reviews of the Cambridge Philosophical Society · 2025Review
- Isolation and Identification of Bacterial Strains Colonizing the Surface of Biodegradable Polymers.Microorganisms · 2025Article
- Effects of microplastics on Daphnia-associated microbiomes in situ and in vitro.The ISME journal · 2025Article
- Oceanic regions shape the composition of the Antarctic plastisphere.Communications earth & environment · 2025Article
- Community composition and seasonal dynamics of microplastic biota in the Eastern Mediterranean Sea.Scientific reports · 2024Article
- Taxonomic variation, plastic degradation, and antibiotic resistance traits of plastisphere communities in the maturation pond of a wastewater treatment plant.Applied and environmental microbiology · 2024Article
- Bacterial Communities across Multiple Ecological Niches (Water, Sediment, Plastic, and Snail Gut) in Mangrove Habitats.Microorganisms · 2024Article
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Abstract
Marine plastic debris has become a significant concern in ocean ecosystems worldwide. Little is known, however, about its influence on microbial community structure and function. In 2008, we surveyed microbial communities and metabolic activities in seawater and on plastic on an oceanographic expedition through the "great Pacific garbage patch." The concentration of plastic particles in surface seawater within different size classes (2 to 5 mm and >5 mm) ranged from 0.35 to 3.7 particles m
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