Seawater copper content controls biofilm bioaccumulation and microbial community on microplastics

Trace Metal Contamination Impacts Predicted Functions More Than Structure of Marine Prokaryotic Biofilm Communities in an Anthropized Coastal Area

(2021) Clément Coclet et al.   Frontiers in Microbiology

The ecological impacts of multiple environmental stressors on coastal biofilm bacteria

(2021) Robert M. W. Ferguson et al.   GLOBAL CHANGE BIOLOGY

Negligible microbial heterotrophic quantitative contribution onto trace metals remobilization during marine sediment resuspension - insights from a Mediterranean urbanized bay

(2021) Nicolas Layglon et al.   MARINE CHEMISTRY

Temperate and tropical coastal waters share relatively similar microbial biofilm communities while free‐living or particle‐attached communities are distinct

(2021) Elisa Catão C. P. et al.   MOLECULAR ECOLOGY

Quantification of Microplastics in North-Western Mediterranean Harbors: Seasonality and Biofilm-Related Metallic Contaminants

(2021) Javier A. Tesán Onrubia et al.   Journal of Marine Science and Engineering

Ecology of the plastisphere

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

Impacts of copper and lead exposure on prokaryotic communities from contaminated contrasted coastal seawaters: the influence of previous metal exposure

(2020) Clément Coclet et al.   FEMS MICROBIOLOGY ECOLOGY

Out From the Shadows – Resolution of the Taxonomy of the Family Cryomorphaceae

(2020) John P. Bowman   Frontiers in Microbiology

Adsorption of three bivalent metals by four chemical distinct microplastics

(2020) Jiying Zou et al.   CHEMOSPHERE

Long-term monitoring emphasizes impacts of the dredging on dissolved Cu and Pb contamination along with ultraplankton distribution and structure in Toulon Bay (NW Mediterranean Sea, France)

(2020) Nicolas Layglon et al.   MARINE POLLUTION BULLETIN

Marine Plastic Debris: A New Surface for Microbial Colonization

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

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

Metal resistance genes enrichment in marine biofilm communities selected by biocide-containing surfaces in temperate and tropical coastal environments

(2020) Elisa C.P. Catao et al.   ENVIRONMENTAL POLLUTION

The Eukaryotic Life on Microplastics in Brackish Ecosystems

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

Changes in Bacterioplankton Communities Resulting From Direct and Indirect Interactions With Trace Metal Gradients in an Urbanized Marine Coastal Area

(2019) Clément Coclet et al.   Frontiers in Microbiology

Trace elements in microplastics in Cartagena: A hotspot for plastic pollution at the Caribbean

(2019) Isabel Acosta-Coley et al.   MARINE POLLUTION BULLETIN

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

Microplastics as vectors of contaminants

(2019) Gabriella Caruso   MARINE POLLUTION BULLETIN

Biofilm facilitates metal accumulation onto microplastics in estuarine waters

(2019) Heather Richard et al.   SCIENCE OF THE TOTAL ENVIRONMENT

Shear Stress as a Major Driver of Marine Biofilm Communities in the NW Mediterranean Sea

(2019) Elisa C. P. Catão et al.   Frontiers in Microbiology

Biofilm alters tetracycline and copper adsorption behaviors onto polyethylene microplastics

(2019) Yuan Wang et al.   CHEMICAL ENGINEERING JOURNAL

Impact of wind-driven circulation on contaminant dispersion in a semi-enclosed bay

(2019) Camille Mazoyer et al.   ESTUARINE COASTAL AND SHELF SCIENCE

Trophic transfer of microplastics and mixed contaminants in the marine food web and implications for human health

(2018) Maddison Carbery et al.   ENVIRONMENT INTERNATIONAL

Evidence of niche partitioning among bacteria living on plastics, organic particles and surrounding seawaters

(2018) C. Dussud et al.   ENVIRONMENTAL POLLUTION

Organic complexation of copper in estuarine waters: An assessment of the multi-detection window approach

(2018) Kuo Hong Wong et al.   MARINE CHEMISTRY

Trace metal contamination as a toxic and structuring factor impacting ultraphytoplankton communities in a multicontaminated Mediterranean coastal area

(2018) Clément Coclet et al.   PROGRESS IN OCEANOGRAPHY

Environmental Factors Support the Formation of Specific Bacterial Assemblages on Microplastics

(2018) Sonja Oberbeckmann et al.   Frontiers in Microbiology

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

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

Role of heavy metals in structuring the microbial community associated with particulate matter in a tropical estuary

(2017) V.A. Sheeba et al.   ENVIRONMENTAL POLLUTION

Transport of microplastics in coastal seas

(2017) Hua Zhang   ESTUARINE COASTAL AND SHELF SCIENCE

Diatom communities on commercial biocidal fouling control coatings after one year of immersion in the marine environment

(2017) Thirumahal Muthukrishnan et al.   MARINE ENVIRONMENTAL RESEARCH

Spatio-Temporal Variations of Marine Biofilm Communities Colonizing Artificial Substrata Including Antifouling Coatings in Contrasted French Coastal Environments

(2017) Jean-François Briand et al.   MICROBIAL ECOLOGY

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

Elevated nutrients change bacterial community composition and connectivity: high throughput sequencing of young marine biofilms

(2016) Jasmin C. Lawes et al.   BIOFOULING

Biofouling on buoyant marine plastics: An experimental study into the effect of size on surface longevity

(2016) Francesca M.C. Fazey et al.   ENVIRONMENTAL POLLUTION

Microplastics as vector for heavy metal contamination from the marine environment

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

Biofilms: an emergent form of bacterial life

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

Chemical multi-contamination drives benthic prokaryotic diversity in the anthropized Toulon Bay

(2016) Benjamin Misson et al.   SCIENCE OF THE TOTAL ENVIRONMENT

VSEARCH: a versatile open source tool for metagenomics

(2016) Torbjørn Rognes et al.   PeerJ

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

Adsorption of trace metals by microplastic pellets in fresh water

(2015) Andrew Turner et al.   Environmental Chemistry

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

Pollution-induced community tolerance (PICT): towards an ecologically relevant risk assessment of chemicals in aquatic systems

(2015) Ahmed Tlili et al.   FRESHWATER BIOLOGY

Microbial Surface Colonization and Biofilm Development in Marine Environments

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

Biosorption mechanisms of Cu(II) by extracellular polymeric substances from Bacillus subtilis

(2014) Linchuan Fang et al.   CHEMICAL GEOLOGY

Phylogenetic trees do not reliably predict feature diversity

(2014) Steven Kelly et al.   DIVERSITY AND DISTRIBUTIONS

Selective transport of microplastics and mesoplastics by drifting in coastal waters

(2014) Atsuhiko Isobe et al.   MARINE POLLUTION BULLETIN

Swarm: robust and fast clustering method for amplicon-based studies

(2014) Frédéric Mahé et al.   PeerJ

Staticvsdynamic settlement and adhesion of diatoms to ship hull coatings

(2013) Kelli A. Zargiel et al.   BIOFOULING

Ingestion and transfer of microplastics in the planktonic food web

(2013) Outi Setälä et al.   ENVIRONMENTAL POLLUTION

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

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

Resin pellets from beaches of the Portuguese coast and adsorbed persistent organic pollutants

(2013) J.C. Antunes et al.   ESTUARINE COASTAL AND SHELF SCIENCE

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

Are baleen whales exposed to the threat of microplastics? A case study of the Mediterranean fin whale (Balaenoptera physalus)

(2012) Maria Cristina Fossi et al.   MARINE POLLUTION BULLETIN

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

Microbial Co-occurrence Relationships in the Human Microbiome

(2012) Karoline Faust et al.   PLoS Computational Biology

UCHIME improves sensitivity and speed of chimera detection

(2011) Robert C. Edgar et al.   BIOINFORMATICS

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

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

Comparative Floc-Bed Sediment Trace Element Partitioning Across Variably Contaminated Aquatic Ecosystems

(2011) Amy V. C. Elliott et al.   ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCE & TECHNOLOGY

Physical and Ecological Controls on Freshwater Floc Trace Metal Dynamics

(2011) Janina M. Plach et al.   ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCE & TECHNOLOGY

Interactions between Zn and bacteria in marine tropical coastal sediments

(2011) Olivier Pringault et al.   ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCE AND POLLUTION RESEARCH

Study of the spatial and historical distribution of sediment inorganic contamination in the Toulon bay (France)

(2011) Erwan Tessier et al.   MARINE POLLUTION BULLETIN

Microplastics in the marine environment

(2011) Anthony L. Andrady   MARINE POLLUTION BULLETIN

Three common metal contaminants of urban runoff (Zn, Cu & Pb) accumulate in freshwater biofilm and modify embedded bacterial communities

(2010) Pierre-Yves Ancion et al.   ENVIRONMENTAL POLLUTION

Long-term records of trace metal content of western Mediterranean seagrass (Posidonia oceanica) meadows: Natural and anthropogenic contributions

(2010) Antonio Tovar-Sánchez et al.   JOURNAL OF GEOPHYSICAL RESEARCH

Leaching of hydrophobic Cu and Zn from discarded marine antifouling paint residues: Evidence for transchelation of metal pyrithiones

(2009) Luke Holmes et al.   ENVIRONMENTAL POLLUTION

Sequestering Uranium and Technetium through Co-Precipitation with Aluminum in a Contaminated Acidic Environment

(2009) Wensui Luo et al.   ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCE & TECHNOLOGY

The biology of biofouling diatoms and their role in the development of microbial slimes

(2008) Paul J. Molino et al.   BIOFOULING

Seasonal variations in the fouling diatom community structure from a monsoon influenced tropical estuary

(2008) Smita Mitbavkar et al.   BIOFOULING

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

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

Characterisation and modelling of marine dissolved organic matter interactions with major and trace cations

(2008) Yoann Louis et al.   MARINE ENVIRONMENTAL RESEARCH