Correction: Nanoplastics-mediated physiologic and genomic responses in pathogenic Escherichia coli O157:H7

Correction to “Protein Corona-Directed Cellular Recognition and Uptake of Polyethylene Nanoplastics by Macrophages”

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This document is actually just a correction notice for a previous study, not a new research finding, it doesn't include the details needed to summarize what was found. The original research looked at how tiny plastic particles get coated with proteins from the body, which then affects how immune cells (macrophages) recognize and absorb them. This matters because understanding how our immune system responds to microplastics could help scientists figure out what happens when these particles enter our bodies through food, water, or air.

Water-dispersible nano-pollutions reshape microbial metabolism in type-specific manners: A metabolic and bacteriological investigation in Escherichia coli

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Researchers exposed Escherichia coli to six water-dispersible nanopollutants — including nanoplastics — and found that each material disrupted bacterial metabolism in distinct, type-specific patterns, primarily affecting amino acid and purine metabolic pathways at environmentally relevant concentrations.

Micro-nanoplastics induce the physiological toxicity and metabolic disorder of Bacillus cereus DFH-1

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Researchers exposed the bacterium Bacillus cereus to micro- and nanoplastics of varying polymer types and sizes, finding that 150 nm PET nanoparticles caused the greatest harm—inhibiting early growth, deforming cell morphology, reducing antioxidant enzyme activity, and broadly disrupting metabolic pathways including the tricarboxylic acid cycle.

A study on the physiological responses to nanoplastics and molecular mechanisms in Chlamydomonas reinhardtii

Nanoplastic-Induced Biological Effects In Vivo and In Vitro: An Overview

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Researchers reviewed how nanoplastics accumulate in and harm living organisms, finding that particle size, surface charge, exposure dose, and duration all influence toxicity — with smaller, charged particles penetrating cells more readily and chemical additives amplifying harm beyond the plastics themselves.