Plastics become rapidly colonized by microbes when released into marine environments.
This microbial community—the Plastisphere—has recently sparked a multitude of scientific …

Microplastics (MPs) and antibiotic resistance genes (ARGs) have become the increasing
attention and global research hotpots due to their unique ecological and environmental …

Microplastics in the biosphere are currently of great environmental concern because of their
potential toxicity for aquatic biota and human health and association with pathogenic …

Antibiotic resistance genes (ARGs) and microplastics in the environment are of great public
concern due to their potential risk to human health. Microplastics can form distinct bacterial …

Plastic debris is an established environmental menace affecting aquatic systems globally.
Recently, microplastics (MP) and plastic leachates (PL) have been detected in vital human …

Microplastic (MP), an emerging contaminant, is globally prevalent and poses potential
environmental threats and ecological risks to both aquatic and terrestrial ecosystems. When …

Although the ubiquitous presence of microplastics in various environments is increasingly
well studied, knowledge of the effects of microplastics on ambient microbial communities is …

With the increasing production of petroleum-based plastics, the problem of environmental
pollution caused by plastics has aroused widespread concern. Microplastics, which are …

Understanding residence times of plastic in the ocean is a major knowledge gap in plastic
pollution studies. Observations report a large mismatch between plastic load estimates from …

Plastic particles in the ocean are typically covered with microbial biofilms, but it remains
unclear whether distinct microbial communities colonize different polymer types. In this …