Marine plastic debris: a new surface for microbial colonization

RJ Wright, G Erni-Cassola, V Zadjelovic… - Environmental …, 2020‏ - ACS Publications
Plastics become rapidly colonized by microbes when released into marine environments.
This microbial community—the Plastisphere—has recently sparked a multitude of scientific …

The role of inputs of marine wrack and carrion in sandy‐beach ecosystems: a global review

GA Hyndes, EL Berdan, C Duarte, JE Dugan… - Biological …, 2022‏ - Wiley Online Library
Sandy beaches are iconic interfaces that functionally link the ocean with the land via the flow
of organic matter from the sea. These cross‐ecosystem fluxes often comprise uprooted …

Environmental factors support the formation of specific bacterial assemblages on microplastics

S Oberbeckmann, B Kreikemeyer… - Frontiers in …, 2018‏ - frontiersin.org
While the global distribution of microplastics (MP) in the marine environment is currently
being critically evaluated, the potential role of MP as a vector for distinct microbial …

[HTML][HTML] Microplastics in aquatic environments: implications for Canadian ecosystems

JC Anderson, BJ Park, VP Palace - Environmental Pollution, 2016‏ - Elsevier
Microplastics have been increasingly detected and quantified in marine and freshwater
environments, and there are growing concerns about potential effects in biota. A literature …

Colonization characteristics of bacterial communities on plastic debris influenced by environmental factors and polymer types in the Haihe Estuary of Bohai Bay, China

W Li, Y Zhang, N Wu, Z Zhao, W Xu… - … science & technology, 2019‏ - ACS Publications
The colonization characteristics of bacterial communities on microplastics or plastic debris
(PD) have generated great concern in recent years. However, the influence of environmental …

Marine microplastic-associated biofilms–a review

S Oberbeckmann, MGJ Löder… - Environmental …, 2015‏ - CSIRO Publishing
Environmental context Marine microbial communities, which play a crucial role in all
biogeochemical processes in the oceans, could be affected by microplastic pollution …

[PDF][PDF] Microplastic-associated biofilms: a comparison of freshwater and marine environments

JP Harrison, TJ Hoellein, M Sapp… - Freshwater …, 2018‏ - library.oapen.org
Abstract Microplastics (< 5 mm particles) occur within both engineered and natural
freshwater ecosystems, including wastewater treatment plants, lakes, rivers, and estuaries …

Microbial hitchhikers on marine plastic debris: human exposure risks at bathing waters and beach environments

A Keswani, DM Oliver, T Gutierrez… - Marine environmental …, 2016‏ - Elsevier
Marine plastic debris is well characterized in terms of its ability to negatively impact
terrestrial and marine environments, endanger coastal wildlife, and interfere with navigation …

[HTML][HTML] From wastewater discharge to the beach: survival of human pathogens bound to microplastics during transfer through the freshwater-marine continuum

R Metcalf, HL White, MJ Ormsby, DM Oliver… - Environmental …, 2023‏ - Elsevier
Large quantities of microplastics are regularly discharged from wastewater treatment plants
(WWTPs) into the aquatic environment. Once released, these plastics can rapidly become …

A multi-OMIC characterisation of biodegradation and microbial community succession within the PET plastisphere

RJ Wright, R Bosch, MGI Langille, MI Gibson… - Microbiome, 2021‏ - Springer
Background Plastics now pollute marine environments across the globe. On entering these
environments, plastics are rapidly colonised by a diverse community of microorganisms …