Colonization characteristics of bacterial communities on plastic debris: The localization of immigrant bacterial communities

Functional Analysis of a Polluted River Microbiome Reveals a Metabolic Potential for Bioremediation

(2020) Luz Breton-Deval et al.   Microorganisms

Occurrence and characteristics of microplastics in the Haihe River: An investigation of a seagoing river flowing through a megacity in northern China

(2020) Yang Liu et al.   ENVIRONMENTAL POLLUTION

Are bacterial communities associated with microplastics influenced by marine habitats?

(2020) Jingjing Li et al.   SCIENCE OF THE TOTAL ENVIRONMENT

Biofilm formation and its influences on the properties of microplastics as affected by exposure time and depth in the seawater

(2020) Chen Tu et al.   SCIENCE OF THE TOTAL ENVIRONMENT

Marine Microbial Assemblages on Microplastics: Diversity, Adaptation, and Role in Degradation

(2019) Sonja Oberbeckmann et al.   Annual Review of Marine Science

Colonization Characteristics of Bacterial Communities on Plastic Debris Influenced by Environmental Factors and Polymer Types in the Haihe Estuary of Bohai Bay, China

(2019) Wenjie Li et al.   ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCE & TECHNOLOGY

Colonization characteristics of bacterial communities on microplastics compared with ambient environments (water and sediment) in Haihe Estuary

(2019) Nan Wu et al.   SCIENCE OF THE TOTAL ENVIRONMENT

Microplastic bacterial communities in the Bay of Brest: Influence of polymer type and size

(2018) Laura Frère et al.   ENVIRONMENTAL POLLUTION

Microplastic-associated bacterial assemblages in the intertidal zone of the Yangtze Estuary

(2018) Peilin Jiang et al.   SCIENCE OF THE TOTAL ENVIRONMENT

Distinct community structure and microbial functions of biofilms colonizing microplastics

(2018) Lingzhan Miao et al.   SCIENCE OF THE TOTAL ENVIRONMENT

Preliminary study of the source apportionment and diversity of microplastics: Taking floating microplastics in the South China Sea as an example

(2018) Teng Wang et al.   ENVIRONMENTAL POLLUTION

Biodegradability of Plastics: Challenges and Misconceptions

(2017) Stephan Kubowicz et al.   ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCE & TECHNOLOGY

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

Plastics in the North Atlantic garbage patch: A boat-microbe for hitchhikers and plastic degraders

(2017) Didier Debroas et al.   SCIENCE OF THE TOTAL ENVIRONMENT

River plastic emissions to the world’s oceans

(2017) Laurent C. M. Lebreton et al.   Nature Communications

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

(2017) Christoph D. Rummel et al.   Environmental Science & Technology Letters

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

(2016) Anisha Keswani et al.   MARINE ENVIRONMENTAL RESEARCH

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

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

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

Plastic waste inputs from land into the ocean

(2015) J. R. Jambeck et al.   SCIENCE

Rapid bacterial colonization of low-density polyethylene microplastics in coastal sediment microcosms

(2014) Jesse P Harrison et al.   BMC MICROBIOLOGY

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

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

Effects of mechanical and chemical processes on the degradation of plastic beach debris on the island of Kauai, Hawaii

(2010) David A Cooper et al.   MARINE POLLUTION BULLETIN

Plastic Accumulation in the North Atlantic Subtropical Gyre

(2010) K. L. Law et al.   SCIENCE