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Tracing microplastic footprints through the plastisphere
Nature Reviews Earth & Environment
2022
16 citations
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Nan Wu
Summary
Researchers explored how DNA analysis of the plastisphere — the community of microbes that colonize plastic surfaces — can be used to trace where microplastics have traveled in the environment. This approach could help scientists and regulators identify pollution sources and track how microplastics move through ecosystems over time.
Nan Wu discusses how DNA analysis of the plastisphere can be used to trace and track microplastics.