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Microplastics impair seabird gut microbiomes

Nature Reviews Microbiology 2023 6 citations ? Citation count from OpenAlex, updated daily. May differ slightly from the publisher's own count.
Agustina Taglialegna

Summary

A study of two seabird species found that microplastic ingestion significantly disrupts their gastrointestinal microbiomes, reducing microbial diversity and altering community composition in ways that may compromise immune function and digestion. These findings in wildlife mirror emerging concerns about microplastic effects on the human gut microbiome, where similar disruption could have broad implications for immune health and metabolic function.

Body Systems
Digestive

In this study, Fackelmann et al. show that microplastics impair the gastrointestinal microbiome of two seabird species.

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