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Polyvinyl chloride microplastics facilitated the transmission of Vibrio parahaemolyticus from surrounding water to Litopenaeus vannamei

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Ziying Zhu, Xilin Fang, Xilin Fang, Muting Yan, Muting Yan, Xilin Fang, Xilin Fang, Xilin Fang, Han Gong Muting Yan, Ziying Zhu, Ziying Zhu, Muting Yan, Ziying Zhu, Ziying Zhu, Ziying Zhu, Ziying Zhu, Ziying Zhu, Xilin Fang, Weixin Li, Weixin Li, Weixin Li, Han Gong Ziying Zhu, Ziying Zhu, Weixin Li, Ziying Zhu, Muting Yan, Ziying Zhu, Ziying Zhu, Han Gong Han Gong Xilin Fang, Ziying Zhu, Ziying Zhu, Xiaocui Wang, Muting Yan, Xilin Fang, Ziying Zhu, Muting Yan, Muting Yan, Ziying Zhu, Xiaocui Wang, Xiaocui Wang, Muting Yan, Xiaocui Wang, Xilin Fang, Ziying Zhu, Ziying Zhu, Xilin Fang, Xilin Fang, W.Y. Chu, Xilin Fang, Xilin Fang, Xilin Fang, Ziying Zhu, Ziying Zhu, Han Gong Xilin Fang, Xilin Fang, Xilin Fang, Ziying Zhu, Han Gong Xiaocui Wang, Xiaocui Wang, Ziying Zhu, Xiaocui Wang, Ziying Zhu, Ziying Zhu, Xiaocui Wang, Xilin Fang, Ziying Zhu, Han Gong W.Y. Chu, Han Gong Xiaocui Wang, Muting Yan, Han Gong Han Gong Xiaocui Wang, Han Gong Xilin Fang, Han Gong Han Gong Xilin Fang, Xiaocui Wang, Han Gong Han Gong Han Gong Han Gong Muting Yan, Muting Yan, Xiaocui Wang, Xiaocui Wang, Muting Yan, Han Gong Han Gong Muting Yan, Han Gong Han Gong Han Gong Han Gong Muting Yan, Muting Yan, Muting Yan, Muting Yan, Muting Yan, Han Gong Muting Yan, Muting Yan, Muting Yan, Muting Yan, Muting Yan, Han Gong Muting Yan, Muting Yan, Muting Yan, Han Gong

Summary

Researchers investigated how PVC microplastics colonized by a harmful bacterium called Vibrio parahaemolyticus affect farmed shrimp. They found that the microplastics facilitated the transfer of the pathogen from the surrounding water into the shrimp, causing severe damage to the hepatopancreas and 100% mortality within 96 hours. The study reveals that microplastics in aquaculture environments can act as vehicles for disease-causing bacteria, posing serious risks to shrimp farming.

Polymers

PVC

Body Systems

Hepatic

Microplastics (MPs) pose a major threat to marine life and ecosystems. However, the toxicological effects of MPs on crustaceans which are highly susceptible to MPs pollution are not fully understood. In addition, MPs can serve as the medium for pathogens, increasing the risk of disease outbreaks in shrimp aquaculture. To study the biological risks of MPs close to the aquacultural practice, the current study firstly focused on the impacts of MPs colonized by the pathogen Vibrio parahaemolyticus on shrimp Litopenaeus vannamei. The role of microplastics in facilitating pathogens infection of shrimps was firstly reported. Under this impact, the hepatopancreas of L. vannamei suffered severe damage. At 96 hpi, the shrimp mortality rate reached 100%. Dominant phyla altered in the intestinal and hepatopancreatic microbiota of L. vannamei. The characterization of the L. vannamei microbiota under the condition where the pathogens and MPs exist in the surroundings, to be used as a reference for comparison with healthy and diseased shrimp in the aquacultural system, is necessary.

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