Biofilm on microplastics in aqueous environment: Physicochemical properties and environmental implications

Single and combined effects of phenanthrene and polystyrene microplastics on oxidative stress of the clam (Mactra veneriformis)

(2021) Xin Zhang et al.   SCIENCE OF THE TOTAL ENVIRONMENT

Marine microplastics as vectors of major ocean pollutants and its hazards to the marine ecosystem and humans

(2021) Tan Suet May Amelia et al.   Progress in Earth and Planetary Science

An insight into machine learning models era in simulating soil, water bodies and adsorption heavy metals: Review, challenges and solutions

(2021) Zaher Mundher Yaseen   CHEMOSPHERE

Uptake of Pb(II) onto microplastic-associated biofilms in freshwater: Adsorption and combined toxicity in comparison to natural solid substrates

(2021) Kun Qi et al.   JOURNAL OF HAZARDOUS MATERIALS

Adsorption and desorption behaviors of antibiotics by tire wear particles and polyethylene microplastics with or without aging processes

(2021) Xiulei Fan et al.   SCIENCE OF THE TOTAL ENVIRONMENT

Ecology of the plastisphere

(2020) Linda A. Amaral-Zettler et al.   NATURE REVIEWS MICROBIOLOGY

An environmental concentration of aged microplastics with adsorbed silver significantly affects aquatic organisms

(2020) Gabriela Kalčíková et al.   WATER RESEARCH

Microbial Colonization in Marine Environments: Overview of Current Knowledge and Emerging Research Topics

(2020) Gabriella Caruso   Journal of Marine Science and Engineering

Source, migration and toxicology of microplastics in soil

(2020) Jing-Jie Guo et al.   ENVIRONMENT INTERNATIONAL

Plastics everywhere: first evidence of polystyrene fragments inside the common Antarctic collembolan Cryptopygus antarcticus

(2020) Elisa Bergami et al.   Biology Letters

Responses of bacterial communities and resistance genes on microplastics to antibiotics and heavy metals in sewage environment

(2020) Yifan Zhao et al.   JOURNAL OF HAZARDOUS MATERIALS

Microplastic in terrestrial ecosystems

(2020) Matthias C. Rillig et al.   SCIENCE

Fenton aging significantly affects the heavy metal adsorption capacity of polystyrene microplastics

(2020) Mengfan Lang et al.   SCIENCE OF THE TOTAL ENVIRONMENT

Influence of biofilm on the transport and deposition behaviors of nano- and micro-plastic particles in quartz sand

(2020) Lei He et al.   WATER RESEARCH

Insights into catalytic removal and separation of attached metals from natural-aged microplastics by magnetic biochar activating oxidation process

(2020) Shujing Ye et al.   WATER RESEARCH

Marine Plastic Debris: A New Surface for Microbial Colonization

(2020) Robyn J. Wright et al.   ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCE & TECHNOLOGY

Microplastics in a dam lake in Turkey: type, mesh size effect, and bacterial biofilm communities

(2020) Ülkü Nihan Tavşanoğlu et al.   ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCE AND POLLUTION RESEARCH

Exploring the Interaction between Microplastics, Polycyclic Aromatic Hydrocarbons and Biofilms in Freshwater

(2020) Sílvia José et al.   POLYCYCLIC AROMATIC COMPOUNDS

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

Interfacial interaction between micro/nanoplastics and typical PPCPs and nanoplastics removal via electrosorption from an aqueous solution

(2020) Yuecheng Xiong et al.   WATER RESEARCH

How biofilms affect the uptake and fate of hydrophobic organic compounds (HOCs) in microplastic: Insights from an In situ study of Xiangshan Bay, China

(2020) Meng Jin et al.   WATER RESEARCH

Microplastics as an emerging anthropogenic vector of trace metals in freshwater: Significance of biofilms and comparison with natural substrates

(2020) Jiunian Guan et al.   WATER RESEARCH

The global biological microplastic particle sink

(2020) K. Kvale et al.   Scientific Reports

Toxicological effects of microplastics and phenanthrene to zebrafish (Danio rerio)

(2020) Kaihang Xu et al.   SCIENCE OF THE TOTAL ENVIRONMENT

Enhancement in adsorption potential of microplastics in sewage sludge for metal pollutants after the wastewater treatment process

(2019) Xiaowei Li et al.   WATER RESEARCH

Sinking of floating plastic debris caused by biofilm development in a freshwater lake

(2019) Xianchuan Chen et al.   CHEMOSPHERE

Application of iron-crosslinked sodium alginate for efficient sulfide control and reduction of oilfield produced water

(2019) Jun Wu et al.   WATER RESEARCH

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

Marine microplastic-associated bacterial community succession in response to geography, exposure time, and plastic type in China's coastal seawaters

(2019) Xiyuan Xu et al.   MARINE POLLUTION BULLETIN

Sorption of sulfamethazine onto different types of microplastics: A combined experimental and molecular dynamics simulation study

(2019) Xuan Guo et al.   MARINE POLLUTION BULLETIN

Selectively enrichment of antibiotics and ARGs by microplastics in river, estuary and marine waters

(2019) Shanshan Wang et al.   SCIENCE OF THE TOTAL ENVIRONMENT

Microbial colonization of different microplastic types and biotransformation of sorbed PCBs by a marine anaerobic bacterial community

(2019) Antonella Rosato et al.   SCIENCE OF THE TOTAL ENVIRONMENT

Biofilm alters tetracycline and copper adsorption behaviors onto polyethylene microplastics

(2019) Yuan Wang et al.   CHEMICAL ENGINEERING JOURNAL

Accumulation of different shapes of microplastics initiates intestinal injury and gut microbiota dysbiosis in the gut of zebrafish

(2019) Ruxia Qiao et al.   CHEMOSPHERE

Can biotechnology strategies effectively manage environmental (micro)plastics?

(2019) Maocai Shen et al.   SCIENCE OF THE TOTAL ENVIRONMENT

Microplastic particles increase arsenic toxicity to rice seedlings

(2019) Youming Dong et al.   ENVIRONMENTAL POLLUTION

Microplastics cause neurotoxicity, oxidative damage and energy-related changes and interact with the bioaccumulation of mercury in the European seabass, Dicentrarchus labrax (Linnaeus, 1758)

(2018) Luís Gabriel Antão Barboza et al.   AQUATIC TOXICOLOGY

Sorption properties of tylosin on four different microplastics

(2018) Xuetao Guo et al.   CHEMOSPHERE

Evidence for selective bacterial community structuring on microplastics

(2018) Martin Ogonowski et al.   ENVIRONMENTAL MICROBIOLOGY

Adsorption of antibiotics on microplastics

(2018) Jia Li et al.   ENVIRONMENTAL POLLUTION

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

(2018) Laura Frère et al.   ENVIRONMENTAL POLLUTION

The effects of environmental conditions on the enrichment of antibiotics on microplastics in simulated natural water column

(2018) Xian-Cheng Shen et al.   ENVIRONMENTAL RESEARCH

The sorption kinetics and isotherms of sulfamethoxazole with polyethylene microplastics

(2018) Baile Xu et al.   MARINE POLLUTION BULLETIN

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

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

Arctic sea ice is an important temporal sink and means of transport for microplastic

(2018) Ilka Peeken et al.   Nature Communications

Rapid aggregation of biofilm-covered microplastics with marine biogenic particles

(2018) Jan Michels et al.   PROCEEDINGS OF THE ROYAL SOCIETY B-BIOLOGICAL SCIENCES

Co-selection of multi-antibiotic resistance in bacterial pathogens in metal and microplastic contaminated environments: An emerging health threat

(2018) Md. Imran et al.   CHEMOSPHERE

Plastic-associated harmful microalgal assemblages in marine environment

(2018) Silvia Casabianca et al.   ENVIRONMENTAL POLLUTION

Microplastic ingestion ubiquitous in marine turtles

(2018) Emily M. Duncan et al.   GLOBAL CHANGE BIOLOGY

Microplastic surface properties affect bacterial colonization in freshwater

(2018) Mohammed R. Hossain et al.   JOURNAL OF BASIC MICROBIOLOGY

Collateral effects of microplastic pollution on aquatic microorganisms: An ecological perspective

(2018) Maria Arias-Andres et al.   TRAC-TRENDS IN ANALYTICAL CHEMISTRY

Distinct community structure and microbial functions of biofilms colonizing microplastics

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

Sorption behavior and mechanism of hydrophilic organic chemicals to virgin and aged microplastics in freshwater and seawater

(2018) Guangzhou Liu et al.   ENVIRONMENTAL POLLUTION

Plastics in the marine environment are reservoirs for antibiotic and metal resistance genes

(2018) Yuyi Yang et al.   ENVIRONMENT INTERNATIONAL

Distribution and importance of microplastics in the marine environment: A review of the sources, fate, effects, and potential solutions

(2017) H.S. Auta et al.   ENVIRONMENT INTERNATIONAL

Microplastics alter composition of fungal communities in aquatic ecosystems

(2017) Marie Therese Kettner et al.   ENVIRONMENTAL MICROBIOLOGY

Impact of Polymer Colonization on the Fate of Organic Contaminants in Sediment

(2017) Chen-Chou Wu et al.   ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCE & TECHNOLOGY

Plastic and Human Health: A Micro Issue?

(2017) Stephanie L. Wright et al.   ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCE & TECHNOLOGY

Biofilms: Survival and defense strategy for pathogens

(2017) Ashutosh Kumar et al.   INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF MEDICAL MICROBIOLOGY

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

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

Influence of chemical speciation and biofilm composition on mercury accumulation by freshwater biofilms

(2017) P. Dranguet et al.   Environmental Science-Processes & Impacts

Microplastic Incorporation into Soil in Agroecosystems

(2017) Matthias C. Rillig et al.   Frontiers in Plant Science

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

Production, use, and fate of all plastics ever made

(2017) Roland Geyer et al.   Science Advances

Interactions of microplastic debris throughout the marine ecosystem

(2017) Tamara S. Galloway et al.   Nature Ecology & Evolution

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

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

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

Uptake and Accumulation of Polystyrene Microplastics in Zebrafish (Danio rerio) and Toxic Effects in Liver

(2016) Yifeng Lu et al.   ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCE & TECHNOLOGY

Sorption of pharmaceuticals and personal care products to polyethylene debris

(2016) Chenxi Wu et al.   ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCE AND POLLUTION RESEARCH

Microplastics as vector for heavy metal contamination from the marine environment

(2016) Dennis Brennecke et al.   ESTUARINE COASTAL AND SHELF SCIENCE

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

On some physical and dynamical properties of microplastic particles in marine environment

(2016) I. Chubarenko et al.   MARINE POLLUTION BULLETIN

Biofilms: an emergent form of bacterial life

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

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

(2016) Sonja Oberbeckmann et al.   PLoS One

Adsorption of trace metals by microplastic pellets in fresh water

(2015) Andrew Turner et al.   Environmental Chemistry

Climate change and environmental concentrations of POPs: A review

(2015) Martí Nadal et al.   ENVIRONMENTAL RESEARCH

Persistent organic pollutants (POPs): a global issue, a global challenge

(2015) Muhammad Aqeel Ashraf   ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCE AND POLLUTION RESEARCH

Microplastics: addressing ecological risk through lessons learned

(2015) Kristian Syberg et al.   ENVIRONMENTAL TOXICOLOGY AND CHEMISTRY

Plastic waste inputs from land into the ocean

(2015) J. R. Jambeck et al.   SCIENCE

VibrioBase: A MALDI-TOF MS database for fast identification of Vibrio spp. that are potentially pathogenic in humans

(2015) René Erler et al.   SYSTEMATIC AND APPLIED MICROBIOLOGY

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

(2014) Jesse P Harrison et al.   BMC MICROBIOLOGY

Accumulation and Embryotoxicity of Polystyrene Nanoparticles at Early Stage of Development of Sea Urchin Embryos Paracentrotus lividus

(2014) C. Della Torre et al.   ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCE & TECHNOLOGY

Nanoplastic Affects Growth of S. obliquus and Reproduction of D. magna

(2014) Ellen Besseling et al.   ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCE & TECHNOLOGY

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

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

Sorption behavior and modeling of endocrine-disrupting chemicals on natural sediments: role of biofilm covered on surface

(2014) Haixia Ding et al.   ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCE AND POLLUTION RESEARCH

Interactions between trace metals and plastic production pellets under estuarine conditions

(2014) Luke A. Holmes et al.   MARINE CHEMISTRY

Long-Term Sorption of Metals Is Similar among Plastic Types: Implications for Plastic Debris in Aquatic Environments

(2014) Chelsea M. Rochman et al.   PLoS One

Aquatic polymers can drive pathogen transmission in coastal ecosystems

(2014) K. Shapiro et al.   PROCEEDINGS OF THE ROYAL SOCIETY B-BIOLOGICAL SCIENCES

Microplastic ingestion decreases energy reserves in marine worms

(2013) Stephanie L. Wright et al.   CURRENT BIOLOGY

The present and future of microplastic pollution in the marine environment

(2013) Juliana A. Ivar do Sul et al.   ENVIRONMENTAL POLLUTION

Size-Dependent Effects of Micro Polystyrene Particles in the Marine Copepod Tigriopus japonicus

(2013) Kyun-Woo Lee et al.   ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCE & TECHNOLOGY

Transport and Retention of Selected Engineered Nanoparticles by Porous Media in the Presence of a Biofilm

(2013) Yao Xiao et al.   ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCE & TECHNOLOGY

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

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

Microplastic Ingestion by Zooplankton

(2013) Matthew Cole et al.   ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCE & TECHNOLOGY

The plastic-associated microorganisms of the North Pacific Gyre

(2013) Henry S. Carson et al.   MARINE POLLUTION BULLETIN

Patterns of Metal Accumulation by Natural River Biofilms During Their Growth and Seasonal Succession

(2012) Chien-Jung Tien et al.   ARCHIVES OF ENVIRONMENTAL CONTAMINATION AND TOXICOLOGY

Pioneer marine biofilms on artificial surfaces including antifouling coatings immersed in two contrasting French Mediterranean coast sites

(2012) Jean-François Briand et al.   BIOFOULING

Influence of growth media and temperature on bacterial adhesion to polystyrene surfaces

(2012) Ana Eliza Zeraik et al.   BRAZILIAN ARCHIVES OF BIOLOGY AND TECHNOLOGY

Metal concentrations in stream biofilm and sediments and their potential to explain biofilm microbial community structure

(2012) Pierre-Yves Ancion et al.   ENVIRONMENTAL POLLUTION

Surface properties of beached plastic pellets

(2012) Kalliopi N. Fotopoulou et al.   MARINE ENVIRONMENTAL RESEARCH

Planktonic versus Biofilm Catabolic Communities: Importance of the Biofilm for Species Selection and Pesticide Degradation

(2011) Pieter Verhagen et al.   APPLIED AND ENVIRONMENTAL MICROBIOLOGY

Adsorption of trace metals to plastic resin pellets in the marine environment

(2011) Luke A. Holmes et al.   ENVIRONMENTAL POLLUTION

Transport Behavior of Selected Nanoparticles with different Surface Coatings in Granular Porous Media coated with Pseudomonas aeruginosa Biofilm

(2011) Shweta Tripathi et al.   ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCE & TECHNOLOGY

Pseudo-nitzschia physiological ecology, phylogeny, toxicity, monitoring and impacts on ecosystem health

(2011) Vera L. Trainer et al.   HARMFUL ALGAE

Biofilms in drinking water and their role as reservoir for pathogens

(2011) Jost Wingender et al.   INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF HYGIENE AND ENVIRONMENTAL HEALTH

Microplastics as contaminants in the marine environment: A review

(2011) Matthew Cole et al.   MARINE POLLUTION BULLETIN

Microplastics in the marine environment

(2011) Anthony L. Andrady   MARINE POLLUTION BULLETIN

Physicochemical regulation of biofilm formation

(2011) Lars D. Renner et al.   MRS BULLETIN

Removal of heavy metal ions from wastewaters: A review

(2010) Fenglian Fu et al.   JOURNAL OF ENVIRONMENTAL MANAGEMENT

Quantitation of persistent organic pollutants adsorbed on plastic debris from the Northern Pacific Gyre's “eastern garbage patch”

(2010) Lorena M. Rios* et al.   JOURNAL OF ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING

Physical Adsorption of Charged Plastic Nanoparticles Affects Algal Photosynthesis

(2010) Priyanka Bhattacharya et al.   Journal of Physical Chemistry C

Association of metals with plastic production pellets in the marine environment

(2010) Karen Ashton et al.   MARINE POLLUTION BULLETIN

Early microbial biofilm formation on marine plastic debris

(2010) Delphine Lobelle et al.   MARINE POLLUTION BULLETIN

The biofilm matrix

(2010) Hans-Curt Flemming et al.   NATURE REVIEWS MICROBIOLOGY

The influence of cell immobilization by biofilm forming on the biodegradation capabilities of bacterial consortia

(2010) Łukasz Ławniczak et al.   WORLD JOURNAL OF MICROBIOLOGY & BIOTECHNOLOGY

Bacterial adhesion: From mechanism to control

(2009) Katsutoshi Hori et al.   BIOCHEMICAL ENGINEERING JOURNAL

Bacterial attachment over a wide range of ionic strengths

(2009) Hisao Morisaki et al.   COLLOIDS AND SURFACES B-BIOINTERFACES

Biofouling and stability of synthetic polymers in sea water

(2009) Trishul Artham et al.   INTERNATIONAL BIODETERIORATION & BIODEGRADATION

Transport and release of chemicals from plastics to the environment and to wildlife

(2009) E. L. Teuten et al.   PHILOSOPHICAL TRANSACTIONS OF THE ROYAL SOCIETY B-BIOLOGICAL SCIENCES

Applications and societal benefits of plastics

(2009) A. L. Andrady et al.   PHILOSOPHICAL TRANSACTIONS OF THE ROYAL SOCIETY B-BIOLOGICAL SCIENCES

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

Ingested Microscopic Plastic Translocates to the Circulatory System of the Mussel,Mytilus edulis(L.)

(2008) Mark A. Browne et al.   ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCE & TECHNOLOGY

Factors associated with adherence to and biofilm formation on polystyrene byStenotrophomonas maltophilia: the role of cell surface hydrophobicity and motility

(2008) Arianna Pompilio et al.   FEMS MICROBIOLOGY LETTERS

Bacterial communities in the initial stage of marine biofilm formation on artificial surfaces

(2008) Jin-Woo Lee et al.   JOURNAL OF MICROBIOLOGY