The Plastisphere – Uncovering tightly attached plastic “specific” microorganisms

Environmental Factors Support the Formation of Specific Bacterial Assemblages on Microplastics

(2018) Sonja Oberbeckmann et al.   Frontiers in Microbiology

Mature biofilm communities on synthetic polymers in seawater - Specific or general?

(2018) Inga V. Kirstein et al.   MARINE ENVIRONMENTAL RESEARCH

Microplastics alter composition of fungal communities in aquatic ecosystems

(2017) Marie Therese Kettner et al.   ENVIRONMENTAL MICROBIOLOGY

Temporal Dynamics of Bacterial and Fungal Colonization on Plastic Debris in the North Sea

(2017) Caroline De Tender et al.   ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCE & TECHNOLOGY

Microplastics as a vector for the transport of the bacterial fish pathogen species Aeromonas salmonicida

(2017) Manca Kovač Viršek et al.   MARINE POLLUTION BULLETIN

Biodegradation of weathered polystyrene films in seawater microcosms

(2017) Evdokia Syranidou et al.   Scientific Reports

Spatial and seasonal variation in diversity and structure of microbial biofilms on marine plastics in Northern European waters

(2017) Sonja Oberbeckmann et al.   FEMS MICROBIOLOGY ECOLOGY

Development of tailored indigenous marine consortia for the degradation of naturally weathered polyethylene films

(2017) Evdokia Syranidou et al.   PLoS One

Dangerous hitchhikers? Evidence for potentially pathogenic Vibrio spp. on microplastic particles

(2016) Inga V. Kirstein et al.   MARINE ENVIRONMENTAL RESEARCH

Biofilms: an emergent form of bacterial life

(2016) Hans-Curt Flemming et al.   NATURE REVIEWS MICROBIOLOGY

European Nucleotide Archive in 2016

(2016) Ana Luisa Toribio et al.   NUCLEIC ACIDS RESEARCH

Diversity and Activity of Communities Inhabiting Plastic Debris in the North Pacific Gyre

(2016) Jessica A. Bryant et al.   mSystems

Microbes on a Bottle: Substrate, Season and Geography Influence Community Composition of Microbes Colonizing Marine Plastic Debris

(2016) Sonja Oberbeckmann et al.   PLoS One

Bacterial Community Profiling of Plastic Litter in the Belgian Part of the North Sea

(2015) Caroline A. De Tender et al.   ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCE & TECHNOLOGY

The biogeography of the Plastisphere: implications for policy

(2015) Linda A Amaral-Zettler et al.   FRONTIERS IN ECOLOGY AND THE ENVIRONMENT

Microbial Surface Colonization and Biofilm Development in Marine Environments

(2015) Hongyue Dang et al.   MICROBIOLOGY AND MOLECULAR BIOLOGY REVIEWS

Microbial degradation and deterioration of polyethylene – A review

(2014) Juan-Manuel Restrepo-Flórez et al.   INTERNATIONAL BIODETERIORATION & BIODEGRADATION

Life in the “Plastisphere”: Microbial Communities on Plastic Marine Debris

(2013) Erik R. Zettler et al.   ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCE & TECHNOLOGY

Unraveling assembly of stream biofilm communities

(2012) Katharina Besemer et al.   ISME Journal

Evaluation of general 16S ribosomal RNA gene PCR primers for classical and next-generation sequencing-based diversity studies

(2012) Anna Klindworth et al.   NUCLEIC ACIDS RESEARCH

The SILVA ribosomal RNA gene database project: improved data processing and web-based tools

(2012) Christian Quast et al.   NUCLEIC ACIDS RESEARCH

Microbial and Chemical Characterization of Underwater Fresh Water Springs in the Dead Sea

(2012) Danny Ionescu et al.   PLoS One

New perspectives in plastic biodegradation

(2011) Alex Sivan   CURRENT OPINION IN BIOTECHNOLOGY

Microplastics in the marine environment

(2011) Anthony L. Andrady   MARINE POLLUTION BULLETIN

Minimum information about a marker gene sequence (MIMARKS) and minimum information about any (x) sequence (MIxS) specifications

(2011) Pelin Yilmaz et al.   NATURE BIOTECHNOLOGY

The structure of bacterial communities in the western Arctic Ocean as revealed by pyrosequencing of 16S rRNA genes

(2010) David L. Kirchman et al.   ENVIRONMENTAL MICROBIOLOGY

A review of current and emergent biofilm control strategies

(2010) Manuel Simões et al.   LWT-FOOD SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY

Early microbial biofilm formation on marine plastic debris

(2010) Delphine Lobelle et al.   MARINE POLLUTION BULLETIN

Biodeterioration of synthetic materials - A brief review

(2010) H.-C. Flemming   MATERIALS AND CORROSION-WERKSTOFFE UND KORROSION

Pyrosequencing reveals contrasting seasonal dynamics of taxa within Baltic Sea bacterioplankton communities

(2009) Anders F Andersson et al.   ISME Journal

Accumulation and fragmentation of plastic debris in global environments

(2009) D. K. A. Barnes et al.   PHILOSOPHICAL TRANSACTIONS OF THE ROYAL SOCIETY B-BIOLOGICAL SCIENCES

Ecology of the rare microbial biosphere of the Arctic Ocean

(2009) Pierre E. Galand et al.   PROCEEDINGS OF THE NATIONAL ACADEMY OF SCIENCES OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA

Plastics and beaches: A degrading relationship

(2008) Patricia L. Corcoran et al.   MARINE POLLUTION BULLETIN