Microplastics as carriers of antibiotic resistance genes and pathogens in municipal solid waste (MSW) landfill leachate and soil: a review

Microplastics exacerbate co-occurrence and horizontal transfer of antibiotic resistance genes

(2023) Xi Yu et al.   JOURNAL OF HAZARDOUS MATERIALS

Microplastics in landfill leachate: Occurrence, health concerns, and removal strategies

(2023) Sandeep Singh et al.   Journal of Environmental Management

Microplastics in landfill leachate: Sources, detection, occurrence, and removal

(2023) Mosarrat Samiha Kabir et al.   Environmental Science and Ecotechnology

Potential Health Impact of Microplastics: A Review of Environmental Distribution, Human Exposure, and Toxic Effects

(2023) Yue Li et al.   Environment & Health

Heavy metal‐induced selection and proliferation of antibiotic resistance: A review

(2022) Prakriti Vats et al.   JOURNAL OF APPLIED MICROBIOLOGY

How to Build a Microplastics‐Free Environment: Strategies for Microplastics Degradation and Plastics Recycling

(2022) Junliang Chen et al.   Advanced Science

Effects of Microplastics on Fish and in Human Health

(2022) Md. Simul Bhuyan   Frontiers in Environmental Science

Occurrence and exposure assessment of microplastics in indoor dusts of buildings with different applications in Bushehr and Shiraz cities, Iran

(2022) Fatemeh Sadat Kashfi et al.   SCIENCE OF THE TOTAL ENVIRONMENT

Occurrence, seasonal distribution, and ecological risk assessment of microplastics and phthalate esters in leachates of a landfill site located near the marine environment: Bushehr port, Iran as a case

(2022) Azam Mohammadi et al.   SCIENCE OF THE TOTAL ENVIRONMENT

Plastic Waste Degradation in Landfill Conditions: The Problem with Microplastics, and Their Direct and Indirect Environmental Effects

(2022) Irena Wojnowska-Baryła et al.   International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health

Release of phthalate esters (PAEs) and microplastics (MPs) from face masks and gloves during the COVID-19 pandemic

(2022) Gabriel Enrique De-la-Torre et al.   ENVIRONMENTAL RESEARCH

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

Microplastics in Soils: An Environmental Geotechnics Perspective

(2021) Brendan C O’Kelly et al.   Environmental Geotechnics

Abandoned Covid-19 personal protective equipment along the Bushehr shores, the Persian Gulf: An emerging source of secondary microplastics in coastlines

(2021) Razegheh Akhbarizadeh et al.   MARINE POLLUTION BULLETIN

Physisorption and Chemisorption Mechanisms Influencing Micro (Nano) Plastics-Organic Chemical Contaminants Interactions: A Review

(2021) Omowumi D. Agboola et al.   Frontiers in Environmental Science

Antibiotic resistance in the environment

(2021) D. G. Joakim Larsson et al.   NATURE REVIEWS MICROBIOLOGY

Exposure to heavy metal and antibiotic enriches antibiotic resistant genes on the tire particles in soil

(2021) Jing Ding et al.   SCIENCE OF THE TOTAL ENVIRONMENT

Occurrence of microplastics and phthalate esters in urban runoff: A focus on the Persian Gulf coastline

(2021) Shamim Hajiouni et al.   SCIENCE OF THE TOTAL ENVIRONMENT

Recent advances on ecological effects of microplastics on soil environment

(2021) Haobo Ya et al.   SCIENCE OF THE TOTAL ENVIRONMENT

A Detailed Review Study on Potential Effects of Microplastics and Additives of Concern on Human Health

(2020) Campanale et al.   International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health

Source, migration and toxicology of microplastics in soil

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

Large-scale patterns of soil antibiotic resistome in Chinese croplands

(2020) Shuai Du et al.   SCIENCE OF THE TOTAL ENVIRONMENT

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

(2020) Meiling Yi et al.   WATER ENVIRONMENT RESEARCH

Are biodegradable plastics a promising solution to solve the global plastic pollution?

(2020) Maocai Shen et al.   ENVIRONMENTAL POLLUTION

Downward transport of naturally-aged light microplastics in natural loamy sand and the implication to the dissemination of antibiotic resistance genes

(2020) Xinyu Yan et al.   ENVIRONMENTAL POLLUTION

Municipal Solid Waste Landfills: An Underestimated Source of Pharmaceutical and Personal Care Products in the Water Environment

(2020) Xia Yu et al.   ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCE & TECHNOLOGY

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

Effects of soil particles and convective transport on dispersion and aggregation of nanoplastics via small-angle neutron scattering (SANS) and ultra SANS (USANS)

(2020) Anton F. Astner et al.   PLoS One

Effective uptake of submicrometre plastics by crop plants via a crack-entry mode

(2020) Lianzhen Li et al.   Nature Sustainability

Microplastics combined with tetracycline in soils facilitate the formation of antibiotic resistance in the Enchytraeus crypticus microbiome

(2020) Jun Ma et al.   ENVIRONMENTAL POLLUTION

Microplastic's role in antibiotic resistance

(2020) Michael S. Bank et al.   SCIENCE

Selective enrichment of antibiotic resistance genes and pathogens on polystyrene microplastics in landfill leachate

(2020) Jianhong Shi et al.   SCIENCE OF THE TOTAL ENVIRONMENT

Methodology for Assessment of Alternative Waste Treatment Strategies Using Entropy Weights

(2020) Zakariya Kaneesamkandi et al.   Sustainability

Prokaryotic community formation on polyethylene films incubated for six months in a tropical soil

(2020) A.D. Zhelezova et al.   ENVIRONMENTAL POLLUTION

Suspended fine particulate matter (PM2.5), microplastics (MPs), and polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons (PAHs) in air: Their possible relationships and health implications

(2020) Razegheh Akhbarizadeh et al.   ENVIRONMENTAL RESEARCH

Identification of indicator PPCPs in landfill leachates and livestock wastewaters using multi-residue analysis of 70 PPCPs: Analytical method development and application in Yangtze River Delta, China

(2020) Dongquan Wu et al.   SCIENCE OF THE TOTAL ENVIRONMENT

Conversion and removal strategies for microplastics in wastewater treatment plants and landfills

(2020) Liyuan Hou et al.   CHEMICAL ENGINEERING JOURNAL

Microplastics act as vectors for antibiotic resistance genes in landfill leachate: The enhanced roles of the long-term aging process

(2020) Yinglong Su et al.   ENVIRONMENTAL POLLUTION

Occurrence and distribution of microplastic particles and the concentration of Di 2-ethyl hexyl phthalate (DEHP) in microplastics and wastewater in the wastewater treatment plant

(2020) Afshin Takdastan et al.   JOURNAL OF ENVIRONMENTAL MANAGEMENT

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

Micro(nano)plastics: Unignorable vectors for organisms

(2019) Maocai Shen et al.   MARINE POLLUTION BULLETIN

Is Plastic Pollution in Aquatic and Terrestrial Environments a Driver for the Transmission of Pathogens and the Evolution of Antibiotic Resistance?

(2019) Anutthaman Parthasarathy et al.   ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCE & TECHNOLOGY

Soil aggregate microbial communities: Towards understanding microbiome interactions at biologically relevant scales

(2019) Regina L. Wilpiszeski et al.   APPLIED AND ENVIRONMENTAL MICROBIOLOGY

Effects of polyethylene microplastics on the gut microbial community, reproduction and avoidance behaviors of the soil springtail, Folsomia candida

(2019) Hui Ju et al.   ENVIRONMENTAL POLLUTION

Opposite influences of mineral-associated and dissolved organic matter on the transport of hydroxyapatite nanoparticles through soil and aggregates

(2019) Shuang Xu et al.   ENVIRONMENTAL RESEARCH

Microbial Ecotoxicology of Marine Plastic Debris: A Review on Colonization and Biodegradation by the “Plastisphere”

(2019) Justine Jacquin et al.   Frontiers in Microbiology

Time-resolved spread of antibiotic resistance genes in highly polluted air

(2019) Ting Zhang 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

Transfer of antibiotic resistance from manure-amended soils to vegetable microbiomes

(2019) Yu-Jing Zhang et al.   ENVIRONMENT INTERNATIONAL

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

(2019) Mengting Gong et al.   ENVIRONMENTAL POLLUTION

Effects of microplastics on distribution of antibiotic resistance genes in recirculating aquaculture system

(2019) Jian Lu et al.   ECOTOXICOLOGY AND ENVIRONMENTAL SAFETY

Dissecting horizontal and vertical gene transfer of antibiotic resistance plasmid in bacterial community using microfluidics

(2019) Bing Li et al.   ENVIRONMENT INTERNATIONAL

LDPE microplastic films alter microbial community composition and enzymatic activities in soil

(2019) Yi Huang et al.   ENVIRONMENTAL POLLUTION

Soil Aggregate Stratification of Ureolytic Microbiota Affects Urease Activity in an Inceptisol

(2019) Li Wang et al.   JOURNAL OF AGRICULTURAL AND FOOD CHEMISTRY

Environmental fate and impacts of microplastics in soil ecosystems: Progress and perspective

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

Occurrence of microplastics in landfill systems and their fate with landfill age

(2019) Yinglong Su et al.   WATER RESEARCH

Selective enrichment of bacterial pathogens by microplastic biofilm

(2019) Xiaojian Wu et al.   WATER RESEARCH

Understanding human health risks caused by antibiotic resistant bacteria (ARB) and antibiotic resistance genes (ARG) in water environments: Current knowledge and questions to be answered

(2019) Mohan Amarasiri et al.   CRITICAL REVIEWS IN ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY

Potential risks of microplastics combined with superbugs: Enrichment of antibiotic resistant bacteria on the surface of microplastics in mariculture system

(2019) Yuxuan Zhang et al.   ECOTOXICOLOGY AND ENVIRONMENTAL SAFETY

The plastisphere in marine ecosystem hosts potential specific microbial degraders including Alcanivorax borkumensis as a key player for the low-density polyethylene degradation

(2019) Alice Delacuvellerie et al.   JOURNAL OF HAZARDOUS MATERIALS

Bioplastics: Missing link in the era of Microplastics

(2019) V.C. Shruti et al.   SCIENCE OF THE TOTAL ENVIRONMENT

Biodegradation of polyethylene microplastic particles by the fungus Aspergillus flavus from the guts of wax moth Galleria mellonella

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

Fate and abundance of antibiotic resistance genes on microplastics in facility vegetable soil

(2019) Xiao-Ming Lu et al.   SCIENCE OF THE TOTAL ENVIRONMENT

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

(2018) C. Dussud et al.   ENVIRONMENTAL POLLUTION

Microplastic pollution increases gene exchange in aquatic ecosystems

(2018) Maria Arias-Andres 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

Changes in tetracycline partitioning and bacteria/phage-comediated ARGs in microplastic-contaminated greenhouse soil facilitated by sophorolipid

(2018) Mingming Sun et al.   JOURNAL OF HAZARDOUS MATERIALS

Microplastics pollution in different aquatic environments and biota: A review of recent studies

(2018) Shahabaldin Rezania et al.   MARINE POLLUTION BULLETIN

Microplastics research—from sink to source

(2018) Chelsea M. Rochman   SCIENCE

The distribution of microplastics in soil aggregate fractions in southwestern China

(2018) G.S. Zhang et al.   SCIENCE OF THE TOTAL ENVIRONMENT

Exposure of soil collembolans to microplastics perturbs their gut microbiota and alters their isotopic composition

(2018) Dong Zhu et al.   SOIL BIOLOGY & BIOCHEMISTRY

Antibiotic-Resistance Genes in Waste Water

(2018) Antti Karkman et al.   TRENDS IN MICROBIOLOGY

Characterization of plastic debris and association of metals with microplastics in coastline sediment along the Persian Gulf

(2018) Sina Dobaradaran et al.   WASTE MANAGEMENT

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

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

(2018) Yuyi Yang et al.   ENVIRONMENT INTERNATIONAL

Microplastic Incorporation into Soil in Agroecosystems

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

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

Microplastic transport in soil by earthworms

(2017) Matthias C. Rillig et al.   Scientific Reports

Field-based evidence for copper contamination induced changes of antibiotic resistance in agricultural soils

(2016) Hang-Wei Hu et al.   ENVIRONMENTAL MICROBIOLOGY

Microplastics in the Terrestrial Ecosystem: Implications for Lumbricus terrestris (Oligochaeta, Lumbricidae)

(2016) Esperanza Huerta Lwanga et al.   ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCE & TECHNOLOGY

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

The effects of raindrop impact and runoff detachment on hillslope soil erosion and soil aggregate loss in the Mollisol region of Northeast China

(2016) Jia Lu et al.   SOIL & TILLAGE RESEARCH

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

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

Metagenomic and network analysis reveal wide distribution and co-occurrence of environmental antibiotic resistance genes

(2015) Bing Li et al.   ISME Journal

Antibiotic resistance genes in the environment: prioritizing risks

(2015) Johan Bengtsson-Palme et al.   NATURE REVIEWS MICROBIOLOGY

Native soil fungi associated with compostable plastics in three contrasting agricultural settings

(2014) Jennifer Moore-Kucera et al.   APPLIED MICROBIOLOGY AND BIOTECHNOLOGY

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

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

Adhesion as a weapon in microbial competition

(2014) Jonas Schluter et al.   ISME Journal

Relationship of diversity and habitat area in North Pacific plastic-associated rafting communities

(2014) Miriam C. Goldstein et al.   MARINE BIOLOGY

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

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

Heavy metal driven co-selection of antibiotic resistance in soil and water bodies impacted by agriculture and aquaculture

(2012) Claudia Seiler et al.   Frontiers in Microbiology