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Riverine Microplastic Pollution in the Pearl River Delta, China: Are Modeled Estimates Accurate?

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(2018) Martin Ogonowski et al.   ENVIRONMENTAL MICROBIOLOGY

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(2018) C. Dussud et al.   ENVIRONMENTAL POLLUTION

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(2018) Laura Frère et al.   ENVIRONMENTAL POLLUTION

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(2018) Peter Dauvergne   GLOBAL ENVIRONMENTAL CHANGE-HUMAN AND POLICY DIMENSIONS

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

Microplastics in freshwater systems: A review on occurrence, environmental effects, and methods for microplastics detection

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(2018) Sonja Oberbeckmann et al.   Frontiers in 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

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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

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Longitudinal patterns of microplastic concentration and bacterial assemblages in surface and benthic habitats of an urban river

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

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

(2016) Valentin Foulon et al.   ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCE & TECHNOLOGY

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

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

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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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Marine microplastic-associated biofilms – a review

(2015) Sonja Oberbeckmann et al.   Environmental Chemistry

Biodegradation and Mineralization of Polystyrene by Plastic-Eating Mealworms: Part 2. Role of Gut Microorganisms

(2015) Yu Yang et al.   ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCE & TECHNOLOGY

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

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

Plastic debris in the Laurentian Great Lakes: A review

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Microplastics in freshwater systems: A review of the emerging threats, identification of knowledge gaps and prioritisation of research needs

(2015) Dafne Eerkes-Medrano et al.   WATER RESEARCH

Microplastic is an Abundant and Distinct Microbial Habitat in an Urban River

(2014) Amanda McCormick et al.   ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCE & TECHNOLOGY

Anthropogenic Litter in Urban Freshwater Ecosystems: Distribution and Microbial Interactions

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The deep sea is a major sink for microplastic debris

(2014) L. C. Woodall et al.   Royal Society Open Science

The physical impacts of microplastics on marine organisms: A review

(2013) Stephanie L. Wright et al.   ENVIRONMENTAL POLLUTION

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

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

Species sorting and neutral processes are both important during the initial assembly of bacterial communities

(2011) Silke Langenheder et al.   ISME Journal

The Ecology, Biology and Pathogenesis of Acinetobacter spp.: An Overview

(2011) Hamuel James Doughari et al.   MICROBES AND ENVIRONMENTS