Microbial pioneers of plastic colonisation in coastal seawaters

Effect of polymer type on the colonization of plastic pellets by marine bacteria

(2021) Josefine Hansen et al.   FEMS MICROBIOLOGY LETTERS

Plastics in the Earth system

(2021) Aron Stubbins et al.   SCIENCE

Biofouling impacts on polyethylene density and sinking in coastal waters: A macro/micro tipping point?

(2021) Linda A. Amaral-Zettler et al.   WATER RESEARCH

Diversity and predicted inter- and intra-domain interactions in the Mediterranean Plastisphere

(2021) Linda A. Amaral-Zettler et al.   ENVIRONMENTAL POLLUTION

Plasticizer Degradation by Marine Bacterial Isolates: A Proteogenomic and Metabolomic Characterization

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

Ecology of the plastisphere

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

A Global Perspective on Microplastics

(2020) Robert C. Hale et al.   JOURNAL OF GEOPHYSICAL RESEARCH-OCEANS

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

(2020) Gabriella Caruso   Journal of Marine Science and Engineering

Giant kelp microbiome altered in the presence of epiphytes

(2020) Anna K. James et al.   Limnology and Oceanography Letters

Marine Plastic Debris: A New Surface for Microbial Colonization

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

Bacterial biofilms colonizing plastics in estuarine waters, with an emphasis on Vibrio spp. and their antibacterial resistance

(2020) Amanda L. Laverty et al.   PLoS One

Structural Diversity in Early-Stage Biofilm Formation on Microplastics Depends on Environmental Medium and Polymer Properties

(2020) Anja F. R. M. Ramsperger et al.   Water

The Eukaryotic Life on Microplastics in Brackish Ecosystems

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

Development of marine biofilm on plastic: ecological features in different seasons, temperatures, and light regimes

(2019) Cristina Misic et al.   HYDROBIOLOGIA

Ability of the So-Called Obligate Hydrocarbonoclastic Bacteria to Utilize Nonhydrocarbon Substrates Thus Enhancing Their Activities Despite their Misleading Name

(2019) Samir S. Radwan et al.   BMC MICROBIOLOGY

Distribution of plastic polymer types in the marine environment; A meta-analysis

(2019) Gabriel Erni-Cassola et al.   JOURNAL OF HAZARDOUS MATERIALS

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

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

Short-term succession of marine microbial fouling communities and the identification of primary and secondary colonizers

(2019) Raeid M. M. Abed et al.   BIOFOULING

The composition of bacterial communities associated with plastic biofilms differs between different polymers and stages of biofilm succession

(2019) Maria Pinto et al.   PLoS One

Understanding microbial community dynamics to improve optimal microbiome selection

(2019) Robyn J. Wright et al.   Microbiome

Bacterial Candidates for Colonization and Degradation of Marine Plastic Debris

(2019) Line Roager 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

Evaluation of 16S rRNA gene sequencing for species and strain-level microbiome analysis

(2019) Jethro S. Johnson et al.   Nature Communications

Comparative Genomics of Tenacibaculum dicentrarchi and “Tenacibaculum finnmarkense” Highlights Intricate Evolution of Fish-Pathogenic Species

(2018) Sébastien Bridel et al.   Genome Biology and Evolution

Best practices for analysing microbiomes

(2018) Rob Knight et al.   NATURE REVIEWS MICROBIOLOGY

Environmental Factors Support the Formation of Specific Bacterial Assemblages on Microplastics

(2018) Sonja Oberbeckmann et al.   Frontiers in Microbiology

Plastic-associated harmful microalgal assemblages in marine environment

(2018) Silvia Casabianca et al.   ENVIRONMENTAL POLLUTION

Mature biofilm communities on synthetic polymers in seawater - Specific or general?

(2018) Inga V. Kirstein et al.   MARINE ENVIRONMENTAL RESEARCH

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

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

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

Interactions of microplastic debris throughout the marine ecosystem

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

Design and Evaluation of Illumina MiSeq-Compatible, 18S rRNA Gene-Specific Primers for Improved Characterization of Mixed Phototrophic Communities

(2016) Ian M. Bradley et al.   APPLIED AND ENVIRONMENTAL MICROBIOLOGY

Metabarcoding improves detection of eukaryotes from early biofouling communities: implications for pest monitoring and pathway management

(2016) Anastasija Zaiko et al.   BIOFOULING

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

Microfouling communities from pelagic and benthic marine plastic debris sampled across Mediterranean coastal waters

(2016) Montserrat Demestre et al.   SCIENTIA MARINA

Microbial interactions lead to rapid micro-scale successions on model marine particles

(2016) Manoshi S. Datta et al.   Nature Communications

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

Early detection of eukaryotic communities from marine biofilm using high-throughput sequencing: an assessment of different sampling devices

(2015) Xavier Pochon et al.   BIOFOULING

Every base matters: assessing small subunit rRNA primers for marine microbiomes with mock communities, time series and global field samples

(2015) Alma E. Parada et al.   ENVIRONMENTAL MICROBIOLOGY

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

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

Microbial Surface Colonization and Biofilm Development in Marine Environments

(2015) Hongyue Dang et al.   MICROBIOLOGY AND MOLECULAR BIOLOGY REVIEWS

Marine brown algae: A conundrum answer for sustainable biofuels production

(2015) Minkyung Song et al.   RENEWABLE & SUSTAINABLE ENERGY REVIEWS

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

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

(2014) Julia Reisser et al.   PLoS One

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

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

Potential roles of Labyrinthula spp. in global seagrass population declines

(2013) Brooke K. Sullivan et al.   Fungal Ecology

Ecology of marine Bacteroidetes: a comparative genomics approach

(2013) Beatriz Fernández-Gómez et al.   ISME Journal

phyloseq: An R Package for Reproducible Interactive Analysis and Graphics of Microbiome Census Data

(2013) Paul J. McMurdie et al.   PLoS One

Bacterial diversity in relation to secondary production and succession on surfaces of the kelp Laminaria hyperborea

(2012) Mia M Bengtsson et al.   ISME Journal

Sticky Situations: Key Components That Control Bacterial Surface Attachment

(2012) O. E. Petrova et al.   JOURNAL OF BACTERIOLOGY

The SILVA ribosomal RNA gene database project: improved data processing and web-based tools

(2012) Christian Quast et al.   NUCLEIC ACIDS RESEARCH

Paralytic shellfish poisoning due to ingestion of Gymnodinium catenatum contaminated cockles – Application of the AOAC HPLC Official Method

(2012) Susana Margarida Rodrigues et al.   TOXICON

Genomic content of uncultured Bacteroidetes from contrasting oceanic provinces in the North Atlantic Ocean

(2011) Paola R. Gómez-Pereira et al.   ENVIRONMENTAL MICROBIOLOGY

Whole-genome amplification (WGA) of marine photosynthetic eukaryote populations

(2011) Cécile Lepere et al.   FEMS MICROBIOLOGY ECOLOGY

Lethal effects of Northwest Atlantic Ocean isolates of the dinoflagellate, Scrippsiella trochoidea, on Eastern oyster (Crassostrea virginica) and Northern quahog (Mercenaria mercenaria) larvae

(2011) Ying Zhong Tang et al.   MARINE BIOLOGY

Widespread occurrence of endophytic Labyrinthula spp. in northern European eelgrass Zostera marina beds

(2011) AC Bockelmann et al.   MARINE ECOLOGY PROGRESS SERIES

Biofilm development on acrylic coupons during the initial 24 hour period of submersion in a tropical coastal environment

(2010) Sathyanasen Satheesh et al.   OCEANOLOGICAL AND HYDROBIOLOGICAL STUDIES

A Review on Toxic and Harmful Algae in Greek Coastal Waters (E. Mediterranean Sea)

(2010) Lydia Ignatiades et al.   Toxins

Widespread occurrence and genetic diversity of marine parasitoids belonging toSyndiniales(Alveolata)

(2008) L. Guillou et al.   ENVIRONMENTAL MICROBIOLOGY

Chemical characterization of a marine conditioning film

(2008) Anita Garg et al.   INTERNATIONAL BIODETERIORATION & BIODEGRADATION

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

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