The mass production and wide application of plastics and their derivatives have led to the
release of a large number of discarded plastic products into the natural environment, where …

With the sharp increase in population and modernization of society, environmental pollution
resulting from petroleum hydrocarbons has increased, resulting in an urgent need for …

Functional profiles of microbial communities are typically generated using comprehensive
metagenomic or metatranscriptomic sequence read searches, which are time-consuming …

Drastic changes in the climate and ecosystem due to natural or anthropogenic activities
have severely affected crop production globally. This concern has raised the need to …

Abstract Microplastics (< 5 mm) exhibit intrinsic features such as density, hydrophobic
surface, or high surface/volume ratio, that are known to promote microbial colonization and …

Advances in high-throughput sequencing and 'omics technologies are revolutionizing
studies of naturally occurring microbial communities. Comprehensive investigations of …

The deep ocean below 200 m water depth is the least observed, but largest habitat on our
planet by volume and area. Over 150 years of exploration has revealed that this dynamic …

Abstract The Deepwater Horizon oil spill constituted an ecosystem-level injury in the
northern Gulf of Mexico. Much oil spread at 1100–1300 m depth, contaminating and …

Humans consider themselves discrete autonomous organisms, but recent research is
rapidly strengthening the appreciation that associated microorganisms make essential …

Microbiomes are ubiquitous and are found in the ocean, the soil, and in/on other living
organisms. Changes in the microbiome can impact the health of the environmental niche in …