Microbial colonizers of microplastics in an Arctic freshwater lake

The abundance and characteristics of atmospheric microplastic deposition in the northwestern South China Sea in the fall

(2021) Yongcheng Ding et al.   ATMOSPHERIC ENVIRONMENT

Ecological risks in a ‘plastic’ world: A threat to biological diversity?

(2021) Evgenios Agathokleous et al.   JOURNAL OF HAZARDOUS MATERIALS

Flavobacterium sandaracinum sp. nov., Flavobacterium caseinilyticum sp. nov., and Flavobacterium hiemivividum sp. nov., novel psychrophilic bacteria isolated from Arctic soil

(2020) Dhiraj Kumar Chaudhary et al.   INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF SYSTEMATIC AND EVOLUTIONARY MICROBIOLOGY

Ecology of the plastisphere

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

Nano- and microplastics affect the composition of freshwater benthic communities in the long term

(2020) P. E. Redondo-Hasselerharm et al.   Science Advances

Genomic and Metabolic Insights into Denitrification, Sulfur Oxidation, and Multidrug Efflux Pump Mechanisms in the Bacterium Rhodoferax sediminis sp. nov.

(2020) Chun-Zhi Jin et al.   Microorganisms

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

(2020) Gabriella Caruso   Journal of Marine Science and Engineering

Tying up Loose Ends of Microplastic Pollution in the Arctic: Distribution from the Sea Surface through the Water Column to Deep-Sea Sediments at the HAUSGARTEN Observatory

(2020) Mine B. Tekman et al.   ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCE & TECHNOLOGY

The effects of three different microplastics on enzyme activities and microbial communities in soil

(2020) Meiling Yi et al.   WATER ENVIRONMENT RESEARCH

Microplastics in aquatic environments: Toxicity to trigger ecological consequences

(2020) Hui Ma et al.   ENVIRONMENTAL POLLUTION

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

LDPE microplastics significantly alter the temporal turnover of soil microbial communities

(2020) Jie Wang et al.   SCIENCE OF THE TOTAL ENVIRONMENT

Microbial communities from subglacial water of naled ice bodies in the forefield of Werenskioldbreen, Svalbard

(2020) Sławomir Sułowicz et al.   SCIENCE OF THE TOTAL ENVIRONMENT

Fibers spreading worldwide: Microplastics and other anthropogenic litter in an Arctic freshwater lake

(2020) Miguel González-Pleiter et al.   SCIENCE OF THE TOTAL ENVIRONMENT

Breeding seabirds as vectors of microplastics from sea to land: Evidence from colonies in Arctic Canada

(2020) Madelaine P.T. Bourdages et al.   SCIENCE OF THE TOTAL ENVIRONMENT

The “Plastisphere” of Biodegradable Plastics Is Characterized by Specific Microbial Taxa of Alpine and Arctic Soils

(2020) Joel Rüthi et al.   Frontiers in Environmental Science

Microplastics in three typical benthic species from the Arctic: Occurrence, characteristics, sources, and environmental implications

(2020) Chao Fang et al.   ENVIRONMENTAL RESEARCH

First detection of microplastics in the freshwater of an Antarctic Specially Protected Area

(2020) Miguel González-Pleiter et al.   MARINE POLLUTION BULLETIN

Early and differential bacterial colonization on microplastics deployed into the effluents of wastewater treatment plants

(2020) Sergio Martínez-Campos et al.   SCIENCE OF THE TOTAL ENVIRONMENT

Occurrence and transport of microplastics sampled within and above the planetary boundary layer

(2020) Miguel González-Pleiter et al.   SCIENCE OF THE TOTAL ENVIRONMENT

The Eukaryotic Life on Microplastics in Brackish Ecosystems

(2019) Marie Therese Kettner et al.   Frontiers in Microbiology

Understanding drivers of antibiotic resistance genes in High Arctic soil ecosystems

(2019) Clare M. McCann et al.   ENVIRONMENT INTERNATIONAL

Sources, transport, and accumulation of different types of plastic litter in aquatic environments: A review study

(2019) A.E. Schwarz et al.   MARINE POLLUTION BULLETIN

Comparative vegetation survey with focus on cryptogamic covers in the high Arctic along two differing catenas

(2019) Ramona Kern et al.   POLAR BIOLOGY

White and wonderful? Microplastics prevail in snow from the Alps to the Arctic

(2019) Melanie Bergmann et al.   Science Advances

Adsorbed Sulfamethoxazole Exacerbates the Effects of Polystyrene (∼2 μm) on Gut Microbiota and the Antibiotic Resistome of a Soil Collembolan

(2019) Qian Xiang et al.   ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCE & TECHNOLOGY

Microplastics from mulching film is a distinct habitat for bacteria in farmland soil

(2019) Mengjun Zhang et al.   SCIENCE OF THE TOTAL ENVIRONMENT

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

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

Response of soil enzyme activities and bacterial communities to the accumulation of microplastics in an acid cropped soil

(2019) Yufan Fei et al.   SCIENCE OF THE TOTAL ENVIRONMENT

Exposure to polyamide 66 microplastic leads to effects performance and microbial community structure of aerobic granular sludge

(2019) Lijian Zhao et al.   ECOTOXICOLOGY AND ENVIRONMENTAL SAFETY

Fungal and bacterial diversity of Svalbard subglacial ice

(2019) L. Perini et al.   Scientific Reports

Microplastic contamination in benthic organisms from the Arctic and sub-Arctic regions

(2018) Chao Fang et al.   CHEMOSPHERE

Evidence for selective bacterial community structuring on microplastics

(2018) Martin Ogonowski et al.   ENVIRONMENTAL MICROBIOLOGY

Marine environment microfiber contamination: Global patterns and the diversity of microparticle origins

(2018) A.P.W. Barrows 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

Characteristics of microbial community involved in early biofilms formation under the influence of wastewater treatment plant effluent

(2018) Yuke Peng et al.   JOURNAL OF ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCES

Microplastics in sub-surface waters of the Arctic Central Basin

(2018) La Daana K. Kanhai et al.   MARINE POLLUTION BULLETIN

Freshwater diversity in Svalbard: providing baseline data for ecosystems in change

(2018) Bjørn Walseng et al.   POLAR BIOLOGY

Plastic ingestion by juvenile polar cod (Boreogadus saida) in the Arctic Ocean

(2018) Susanne Kühn et al.   POLAR BIOLOGY

Plastic waste associated with disease on coral reefs

(2018) Joleah B. Lamb et al.   SCIENCE

Arctic antibiotic resistance gene contamination, a result of anthropogenic activities and natural origin

(2018) Lu Tan et al.   SCIENCE OF THE TOTAL ENVIRONMENT

Fate of antibiotic resistance genes in two Arctic tundra wetlands impacted by municipal wastewater

(2018) Jennifer L. Hayward 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

Environmental Factors Support the Formation of Specific Bacterial Assemblages on Microplastics

(2018) Sonja Oberbeckmann et al.   Frontiers in Microbiology

Bioremediation potential of bacteria able to reduce high levels of selenium and tellurium oxyanions

(2018) Chris Maltman et al.   ARCHIVES OF MICROBIOLOGY

Microplastics in the Arctic: A case study with sub-surface water and fish samples off Northeast Greenland

(2018) Silvia Morgana et al.   ENVIRONMENTAL POLLUTION

Do plastics serve as a possible vector for the spread of antibiotic resistance? First insights from bacteria associated to a polystyrene piece from King George Island (Antarctica)

(2018) Pasqualina Laganà et al.   INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF HYGIENE AND ENVIRONMENTAL HEALTH

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

The UNITE database for molecular identification of fungi: handling dark taxa and parallel taxonomic classifications

(2018) Rolf Henrik Nilsson et al.   NUCLEIC ACIDS RESEARCH

A comparative study of phycobilliprotein production in two strains of Pseudanabaena isolated from Arctic and tropical regions in relation to different light wavelengths and photoperiods

(2018) Zoya Khan et al.   Polar Science

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

(2018) Yuyi Yang et al.   ENVIRONMENT INTERNATIONAL

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

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

High Quantities of Microplastic in Arctic Deep-Sea Sediments from the HAUSGARTEN Observatory

(2017) Melanie Bergmann et al.   ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCE & TECHNOLOGY

Analysis of aerobic granules under the toxic effect of ampicillin in sequencing batch reactors: Performance and microbial community

(2017) Luxi Wang et al.   JOURNAL OF ENVIRONMENTAL MANAGEMENT

Levels of ingested debris vary across species in Canadian Arctic seabirds

(2017) Florence E. Poon et al.   MARINE POLLUTION BULLETIN

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

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

Isolation and characterization of aerobic anoxygenic phototrophs from exposed soils from the Sør Rondane Mountains, East Antarctica

(2017) Guillaume Tahon et al.   SYSTEMATIC AND APPLIED MICROBIOLOGY

The Arctic Ocean as a dead end for floating plastics in the North Atlantic branch of the Thermohaline Circulation

(2017) Andrés Cózar et al.   Science Advances

Microplastic pollution in the Greenland Sea: Background levels and selective contamination of planktivorous diving seabirds

(2016) F. Amélineau et al.   ENVIRONMENTAL POLLUTION

Microplastic as a Vector for Chemicals in the Aquatic Environment: Critical Review and Model-Supported Reinterpretation of Empirical Studies

(2016) Albert A. Koelmans et al.   ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCE & TECHNOLOGY

Evidence of adaptation, niche separation and microevolution within the genus Polaromonas on Arctic and Antarctic glacial surfaces

(2016) Jan Gawor et al.   EXTREMOPHILES

Gene cloning and characterization of a psychrophilic phthalate esterase with organic solvent tolerance from an Arctic bacterium Sphingomonas glacialis PAMC 26605

(2016) Do Kyung Hong et al.   JOURNAL OF MOLECULAR CATALYSIS B-ENZYMATIC

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

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

DADA2: High-resolution sample inference from Illumina amplicon data

(2016) Benjamin J Callahan et al.   NATURE METHODS

Microplastic in surface waters of urban rivers: concentration, sources, and associated bacterial assemblages

(2016) Amanda R. McCormick et al.   Ecosphere

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

The biogeography of the Plastisphere: implications for policy

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

Diversity and Distribution of Aquatic Fungal Communities in the Ny-Ålesund Region, Svalbard (High Arctic)

(2015) Tao Zhang et al.   MICROBIAL ECOLOGY

Microplastics in Arctic polar waters: the first reported values of particles in surface and sub-surface samples

(2015) Amy L. Lusher et al.   Scientific Reports

Microbial community composition of transiently wetted Antarctic Dry Valley soils

(2015) Thomas D. Niederberger et al.   Frontiers in Microbiology

Biofilm and Diatom Succession on Polyethylene (PE) and Biodegradable Plastic Bags in Two Marine Habitats: Early Signs of Degradation in the Pelagic and Benthic Zone?

(2015) Andreas Eich et al.   PLoS One

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

(2014) Timothy Hoellein et al.   PLoS One

Global warming releases microplastic legacy frozen in Arctic Sea ice

(2014) Rachel W. Obbard et al.   Earths Future

The deep sea is a major sink for microplastic debris

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

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

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

A Novel Staining Protocol for Multiparameter Assessment of Cell Heterogeneity in Phormidium Populations (Cyanobacteria) Employing Fluorescent Dyes

(2013) Daria Tashyreva et al.   PLoS One

Immobilization of Mycoplana sp. MVMB2 Isolated from Petroleum Contaminated Soil onto Papaya Stem (Carica papaya L.) and Its Application on Degradation of Phenanthrene

(2012) Mahalingam Brinda Lakshmi et al.   CLEAN-Soil Air Water

Interactions between Diatoms and Bacteria

(2012) S. A. Amin et al.   MICROBIOLOGY AND MOLECULAR BIOLOGY REVIEWS

The Protist Ribosomal Reference database (PR2): a catalog of unicellular eukaryote Small Sub-Unit rRNA sequences with curated taxonomy

(2012) Laure Guillou et al.   NUCLEIC ACIDS RESEARCH

A multi-proxy sediment record of late Holocene and recent climate change from a lake near Ny-Ålesund, Svalbard

(2011) SHAN JIANG et al.   BOREAS

Characterization of yeast and filamentous fungi isolated from cryoconite holes of Svalbard, Arctic

(2011) Purnima Singh et al.   POLAR BIOLOGY

The size, mass, and composition of plastic debris in the western North Atlantic Ocean

(2010) Skye Morét-Ferguson et al.   MARINE POLLUTION BULLETIN

Bacterial biofilm shows persistent resistance to liquid wetting and gas penetration

(2010) A. K. Epstein et al.   PROCEEDINGS OF THE NATIONAL ACADEMY OF SCIENCES OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA

Introducing mothur: Open-Source, Platform-Independent, Community-Supported Software for Describing and Comparing Microbial Communities

(2009) P. D. Schloss et al.   APPLIED AND ENVIRONMENTAL MICROBIOLOGY

Associations between species and groups of sites: indices and statistical inference

(2009) Miquel De Cáceres et al.   ECOLOGY

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