The plastisphere of biodegradable and conventional microplastics from residues exhibit distinct microbial structure, network and function in plastic-mulching farmland

A review on the occurrence and influence of biodegradable microplastics in soil ecosystems: Are biodegradable plastics substitute or threat?

(2022) Ping Fan et al.   ENVIRONMENT INTERNATIONAL

Soil plastisphere: Exploration methods, influencing factors, and ecological insights

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The polymers and their additives in particulate plastics: What makes them hazardous to the fauna?

(2022) Srinidhi Sridharan et al.   SCIENCE OF THE TOTAL ENVIRONMENT

Differences in the Plastispheres of Biodegradable and Non-biodegradable Plastics: A Mini Review

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Deciphering the Mechanisms Shaping the Plastisphere Microbiota in Soil

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Plastisphere community assemblage of aquatic environment: plastic-microbe interaction, role in degradation and characterization technologies

(2022) Sujata Dey et al.   Environmental Microbiome

Automated identification and quantification of invisible microplastics in agricultural soils

(2022) Weiqian Jia et al.   SCIENCE OF THE TOTAL ENVIRONMENT

Weathering of microplastics and interaction with other coexisting constituents in terrestrial and aquatic environments

(2021) Jiajun Duan et al.   WATER RESEARCH

Comparing the long-term responses of soil microbial structures and diversities to polyethylene microplastics in different aggregate fractions

(2021) Junhua Hou et al.   ENVIRONMENT INTERNATIONAL

Synergistic biodegradation of poly(ethylene terephthalate) using Microbacterium oleivorans and Thermobifida fusca cutinase

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Adsorption behavior of organic pollutants on microplastics

(2021) Lina Fu et al.   ECOTOXICOLOGY AND ENVIRONMENTAL SAFETY

A review of biodegradable plastics to biodegradable microplastics: Another ecological threat to soil environments?

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Biodegradable plastics in the air and soil environment: Low degradation rate and high microplastics formation

(2021) Jin Liao et al.   JOURNAL OF HAZARDOUS MATERIALS

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(2021) Ana Beltrán-Sanahuja et al.   SCIENCE OF THE TOTAL ENVIRONMENT

The ecology of the plastisphere: Microbial composition, function, assembly, and network in the freshwater and seawater ecosystems

(2021) Changchao Li et al.   WATER RESEARCH

Biodegradation of microplastics: Better late than never

(2021) Saba Miri et al.   CHEMOSPHERE

Bacterial Community under the Influence of Microplastics in Indoor Environment and the Health Hazards Associated with Antibiotic Resistance Genes

(2021) Chu Peng et al.   ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCE & TECHNOLOGY

Behaviors and influencing factors of the heavy metals adsorption onto microplastics: A review

(2021) Xing Gao et al.   Journal of Cleaner Production

Deciphering the diversity and functions of plastisphere bacterial communities in plastic-mulching croplands of subtropical China

(2021) Gongwen Luo et al.   JOURNAL OF HAZARDOUS MATERIALS

Integrated microbiology and metabolomics analysis reveal plastic mulch film residue affects soil microorganisms and their metabolic functions

(2021) Changcai Wu et al.   JOURNAL OF HAZARDOUS MATERIALS

Deep-sea plastisphere: Long-term colonization by plastic-associated bacterial and archaeal communities in the Southwest Atlantic Ocean

(2021) Luana Agostini et al.   SCIENCE OF THE TOTAL ENVIRONMENT

Ecology of the plastisphere

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

Degradation of Recalcitrant Polyurethane and Xenobiotic Additives by a Selected Landfill Microbial Community and Its Biodegradative Potential Revealed by Proximity Ligation-Based Metagenomic Analysis

(2020) Itzel Gaytán et al.   Frontiers in Microbiology

Agricultural plastic mulching as a source of microplastics in the terrestrial environment

(2020) Yi Huang et al.   ENVIRONMENTAL POLLUTION

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(2020) Gavin M. Douglas et al.   NATURE BIOTECHNOLOGY

Accumulation of HOCs via pre-contaminated microplastics by earthworm Eisenia fetida in soil

(2020) Jie Wang et al.   ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCE & TECHNOLOGY

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(2020) Matthias C. Rillig et al.   SCIENCE

Interactions of microplastics and cadmium on plant growth and arbuscular mycorrhizal fungal communities in an agricultural soil

(2020) Fayuan Wang et al.   CHEMOSPHERE

A survey of intact low-density polyethylene film biodegradation by terrestrial Actinobacterial species

(2020) Zahra Soleimani et al.   INTERNATIONAL MICROBIOLOGY

Sulfonated biodegradable PBAT copolyesters with improved gas barrier properties and excellent water dispersibility: From synthesis to structure-property

(2020) Fangfang Huang et al.   POLYMER DEGRADATION AND STABILITY

Microplastic's role in antibiotic resistance

(2020) Michael S. Bank et al.   SCIENCE

Evidence of selective enrichment of bacterial assemblages and antibiotic resistant genes by microplastics in urban rivers

(2020) Jie Wang et al.   WATER RESEARCH

“Microplastic communities” in different environments: Differences, links, and role of diversity index in source analysis

(2020) Changchao Li et al.   WATER RESEARCH

Biodegradation of Unpretreated Low-Density Polyethylene (LDPE) by Stenotrophomonas sp. and Achromobacter sp., Isolated From Waste Dumpsite and Drilling Fluid

(2020) Anindya Sundar Dey et al.   Frontiers in Microbiology

Plastic biodegradation: Frontline microbes and their enzymes

(2020) Ayodeji Amobonye et al.   SCIENCE OF THE TOTAL ENVIRONMENT

Degradation of microplastic seed film-coating fragments in soil

(2019) Cesare Accinelli et al.   CHEMOSPHERE

Microplastics Can Change Soil Properties and Affect Plant Performance

(2019) Anderson Abel de Souza Machado et al.   ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCE & TECHNOLOGY

Reproducible, interactive, scalable and extensible microbiome data science using QIIME 2

(2019) Evan Bolyen et al.   NATURE BIOTECHNOLOGY

Purification and kinetics of the PHB depolymerase of Microbacterium paraoxydans RZS6 isolated from a dumping yard

(2019) R. Z. Sayyed et al.   PLoS One

Microbial biofilm formation and community structure on low-density polyethylene microparticles in lake water microcosms

(2019) Mengting Gong et al.   ENVIRONMENTAL POLLUTION

Consistent Transport of Terrestrial Microplastics to the Ocean through Atmosphere

(2019) Kai Liu et al.   ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCE & TECHNOLOGY

Early Colonization of Weathered Polyethylene by Distinct Bacteria in Marine Coastal Seawater

(2019) Gabriel Erni-Cassola et al.   MICROBIAL ECOLOGY

Microplastics: an emerging threat to food security and human health

(2019) Gabriel Enrique De-la-Torre   JOURNAL OF FOOD SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY-MYSORE

Effects of plastic mulch film residues on wheat rhizosphere and soil properties

(2019) Yueling Qi et al.   JOURNAL OF HAZARDOUS MATERIALS

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

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

Selective enrichment of bacterial pathogens by microplastic biofilm

(2019) Xiaojian Wu et al.   WATER RESEARCH

Biogeographic patterns of microbial association networks in paddy soil within Eastern China

(2019) Xiaoling Wan et al.   SOIL BIOLOGY & BIOCHEMISTRY

Microplastic particles increase arsenic toxicity to rice seedlings

(2019) Youming Dong et al.   ENVIRONMENTAL POLLUTION

Exposure to nanoplastics disturbs the gut microbiome in the soil oligochaete Enchytraeus crypticus

(2018) Bo-Kai Zhu et al.   ENVIRONMENTAL POLLUTION

Microplastics as an emerging threat to terrestrial ecosystems

(2018) Anderson Abel de Souza Machado et al.   GLOBAL CHANGE BIOLOGY

An overview of chemical additives present in plastics: Migration, release, fate and environmental impact during their use, disposal and recycling

(2018) John N. Hahladakis et al.   JOURNAL OF HAZARDOUS MATERIALS

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(2018) Chelsea M. Rochman   SCIENCE

Microplastics: New substrates for heterotrophic activity contribute to altering organic matter cycles in aquatic ecosystems

(2018) Maria Arias-Andres et al.   SCIENCE OF THE TOTAL ENVIRONMENT

Impacts of Microplastics on the Soil Biophysical Environment

(2018) Anderson Abel de Souza Machado et al.   ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCE & TECHNOLOGY

Microplastic pollution in surface sediments of urban water areas in Changsha, China: Abundance, composition, surface textures

(2018) Xiaofeng Wen et al.   MARINE POLLUTION BULLETIN

Structured environments fundamentally alter dynamics and stability of ecological communities

(2018) Nick Vallespir Lowery et al.   PROCEEDINGS OF THE NATIONAL ACADEMY OF SCIENCES OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA

Fate of Eight Different Polymers under Uncontrolled Composting Conditions: Relationships Between Deterioration, Biofilm Formation, and the Material Surface Properties

(2017) Anne Mercier et al.   ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCE & TECHNOLOGY

Biodegradability of Plastics: Challenges and Misconceptions

(2017) Stephan Kubowicz et al.   ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCE & TECHNOLOGY

New advances in the biodegradation of Poly(lactic) acid

(2017) Xiang Qi et al.   INTERNATIONAL BIODETERIORATION & BIODEGRADATION

How Performance and Fate of Biodegradable Mulch Films are Impacted by Field Ageing

(2017) François Touchaleaume et al.   JOURNAL OF POLYMERS AND THE ENVIRONMENT

Development and characterization of a thermophilic, lignin degrading microbiota

(2017) Shannon J. Ceballos et al.   PROCESS BIOCHEMISTRY

Microplastics in freshwater and terrestrial environments: Evaluating the current understanding to identify the knowledge gaps and future research priorities

(2017) Alice A. Horton et al.   SCIENCE OF THE TOTAL ENVIRONMENT

Diversity and co-occurrence network of soil fungi are more responsive than those of bacteria to shifts in precipitation seasonality in a subtropical forest

(2017) Dan He et al.   SOIL BIOLOGY & BIOCHEMISTRY

Biodegradation of bioplastics in natural environments

(2017) S. Mehdi Emadian et al.   WASTE MANAGEMENT

Microbial degradation of low density polyethylene

(2016) Jayanthi Abraham et al.   Environmental Progress & Sustainable Energy

Are Agricultural Soils Dumps for Microplastics of Urban Origin?

(2016) Luca Nizzetto et al.   ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCE & TECHNOLOGY

Microbial colonization and degradation of polyethylene and biodegradable plastic bags in temperate fine-grained organic-rich marine sediments

(2016) Alice Nauendorf et al.   MARINE POLLUTION BULLETIN

Marine microplastics spell big problems for future generations

(2016) Tamara S. Galloway et al.   PROCEEDINGS OF THE NATIONAL ACADEMY OF SCIENCES OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA

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(2015) Emmanuel Dimont et al.   BIOINFORMATICS

Marine microplastic-associated biofilms – a review

(2015) Sonja Oberbeckmann et al.   Environmental Chemistry

A global inventory of small floating plastic debris

(2015) Erik van Sebille et al.   Environmental Research Letters

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

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

Surface properties of beached plastics

(2015) Kalliopi N. Fotopoulou et al.   ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCE AND POLLUTION RESEARCH

The ecology of the microbiome: Networks, competition, and stability

(2015) K. Z. Coyte et al.   SCIENCE

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

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

Microplastics in the seas

(2014) K. L. Law et al.   SCIENCE

Deciphering microbial interactions and detecting keystone species with co-occurrence networks

(2014) David Berry et al.   Frontiers in Microbiology

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

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

Modification of the surfaces of medical devices to prevent microbial adhesion and biofilm formation

(2013) C. Desrousseaux et al.   JOURNAL OF HOSPITAL INFECTION

Microplastic in Terrestrial Ecosystems and the Soil?

(2012) Matthias C. Rillig   ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCE & TECHNOLOGY

Biodegradation of melamine and its hydroxy derivatives by a bacterial consortium containing a novel Nocardioides species

(2011) Kazuhiro Takagi et al.   APPLIED MICROBIOLOGY AND BIOTECHNOLOGY

KEGG for integration and interpretation of large-scale molecular data sets

(2011) M. Kanehisa et al.   NUCLEIC ACIDS RESEARCH

Sustainability Metrics: Life Cycle Assessment and Green Design in Polymers

(2010) Michaelangelo D. Tabone et al.   ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCE & TECHNOLOGY

Functional Molecular Ecological Networks

(2010) J. Zhou et al.   mBio

Genetic Diversity of Plant Growth Promoting Rhizobacteria Isolated from Rhizospheric Soil of Wheat Under Saline Condition

(2009) Sudhir K. Upadhyay et al.   CURRENT MICROBIOLOGY