ArticleFrontiers in bioengineering and biotechnology2020
Rapid Physicochemical Changes in Microplastic Induced by Biofilm Formation.
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- Understanding the Influence of Rheology on Biofilm Adhesion and Implication for Food Safety.International journal of food science · 2024Review
- Milk phospholipids protectFrontiers in nutrition · 2023Article
- The Occurrence of Microplastics and the Formation of Biofilms by Pathogenic and Opportunistic Bacteria as Threats in Aquaculture.International journal of environmental research and public health · 2022Review
- The role of microplastics biofilm in accumulation of trace metals in aquatic environments.World journal of microbiology & biotechnology · 2022Review
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- Interactions Between Plastic, Microbial Biofilms and Gammarus pulex: An Initial Investigation.Bulletin of environmental contamination and toxicology · 2022Article
- Micro/nano-plastics occurrence, identification, risk analysis and mitigation: challenges and perspectives.Re/views in environmental science and bio/technology · 2022Review
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Abstract
Risk assessment of microplastic (MP) pollution requires understanding biodegradation processes and related changes in polymer properties. In the environment, there are two-way interactions between the MP properties and biofilm communities: (i) microorganisms may prefer some surfaces, and (ii) MP surface properties change during the colonization and weathering. In a 2-week experiment, we studied these interactions using three model plastic beads (polyethylene [PE], polypropylene [PP], and polystyrene [PS]) exposed to ambient bacterioplankton assemblage from the Baltic Sea; the control beads were exposed to bacteria-free water. For each polymer, the physicochemical properties (compression, crystallinity, surface chemistry, hydrophobicity, and surface topography) were compared before and after exposure under controlled laboratory conditions. Furthermore, we characterized the bacterial communities on the MP surfaces using 16S rRNA gene sequencing and correlated community diversity to the physicochemical properties of the MP. Significant changes in PE crystallinity, PP stiffness, and PS maximum compression were observed as a result of exposure to bacteria. Moreover, there were significant correlations between bacterial diversity and some physicochemical characteristics (crystallinity, stiffness, and surface roughness). These changes coincided with variation in the relative abundance of unique OTUs, mostly related to the PE samples having significantly higher contribution of
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