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Combined Effects of UV Exposure Duration and Mechanical Abrasion on Microplastic Fragmentation by Polymer Type

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Ups and Downs in the Ocean: Effects of Biofouling on Vertical Transport of Microplastics

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Impacts of Biofilm Formation on the Fate and Potential Effects of Microplastic in the Aquatic Environment

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Colonization of Polystyrene Microparticles by Vibrio crassostreae: Light and Electron Microscopic Investigation

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Bacterial Communities: Interactions to Scale

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Multiplexed Spectral Imaging of 120 Different Fluorescent Labels

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

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Metabolic interactions in microbial communities: untangling the Gordian knot

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The biogeography of the Plastisphere: implications for policy

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Next-Generation in Situ Hybridization Chain Reaction: Higher Gain, Lower Cost, Greater Durability

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Choose Your Label Wisely: Water-Soluble Fluorophores Often Interact with Lipid Bilayers

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Millimeter-Sized Marine Plastics: A New Pelagic Habitat for Microorganisms and Invertebrates

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Plastic Pollution in the World's Oceans: More than 5 Trillion Plastic Pieces Weighing over 250,000 Tons Afloat at Sea

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The Black Queen Hypothesis: Evolution of Dependencies through Adaptive Gene Loss

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Biological degradation of plastics: A comprehensive review

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