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Biofilm formation and its implications on the properties and fate of microplastics in aquatic environments: A review
Journal of Hazardous Materials Advances2022
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Fang Wang
Yang Li,
Fang Wang
Binoy Sarkar,
Sammani Ramanayaka,
Sammani Ramanayaka,
Nanthi Bolan,
Prasanthi Sooriyakumar,
Meththika Vithanage,
M.B. Kirkham,
M.B. Kirkham,
Ying Yu,
Ying Yu,
Manish Kumar,
Manish Kumar,
Sammani Ramanayaka,
Sammani Ramanayaka,
Sammani Ramanayaka,
Nanthi Bolan,
Meththika Vithanage,
Meththika Vithanage,
Nanthi Bolan,
Yang Li,
Binoy Sarkar,
Yang Li,
Binoy Sarkar,
Sammani Ramanayaka,
Fang Wang
Fang Wang
Kadambot H. M. Siddique,
Nanthi Bolan,
Nanthi Bolan,
Nanthi Bolan,
Nanthi Bolan,
Nanthi Bolan,
Meththika Vithanage,
Nanthi Bolan,
Nanthi Bolan,
Dongke Zhang,
M.B. Kirkham,
M.B. Kirkham,
Sammani Ramanayaka,
Sammani Ramanayaka,
Sammani Ramanayaka,
Manish Kumar,
Manish Kumar,
Manish Kumar,
Manish Kumar,
Yang Li,
Yang Li,
Yang Li,
Yang Li,
Yang Li,
Meththika Vithanage,
Jörg Rinklebe,
Manish Kumar,
Binoy Sarkar,
Yang Li,
Yang Li,
Binoy Sarkar,
Manish Kumar,
Kadambot H. M. Siddique,
Manish Kumar,
Fang Wang
Binoy Sarkar,
Yang Li,
Meththika Vithanage,
Fang Wang
Yang Li,
Binoy Sarkar,
Nanthi Bolan,
Yang Li,
Lal Singh,
Lal Singh,
Nanthi Bolan,
Yang Li,
M.B. Kirkham,
Meththika Vithanage,
Nanthi Bolan,
Jörg Rinklebe,
Binoy Sarkar,
Sammani Ramanayaka,
Jörg Rinklebe,
Nanthi Bolan,
Jörg Rinklebe,
Meththika Vithanage,
Binoy Sarkar,
Meththika Vithanage,
Nanthi Bolan,
Nanthi Bolan,
Nanthi Bolan,
Meththika Vithanage,
Nanthi Bolan,
Nanthi Bolan,
Nanthi Bolan,
Nanthi Bolan,
Nanthi Bolan,
Nanthi Bolan,
Meththika Vithanage,
Nanthi Bolan,
Meththika Vithanage,
Meththika Vithanage,
Meththika Vithanage,
Meththika Vithanage,
Meththika Vithanage,
Jörg Rinklebe,
Jörg Rinklebe,
Fang Wang
Fang Wang
Binoy Sarkar,
Binoy Sarkar,
Binoy Sarkar,
Binoy Sarkar,
Binoy Sarkar,
Yang Li,
Yang Li,
Yang Li,
Yang Li,
Manish Kumar,
M.B. Kirkham,
M.B. Kirkham,
M.B. Kirkham,
Lal Singh,
Lal Singh,
Nanthi Bolan,
M.B. Kirkham,
Manish Kumar,
Jörg Rinklebe,
Meththika Vithanage,
Yang Li,
Meththika Vithanage,
Meththika Vithanage,
Nanthi Bolan,
Meththika Vithanage,
Meththika Vithanage,
Nanthi Bolan,
Meththika Vithanage,
Nanthi Bolan,
Meththika Vithanage,
Meththika Vithanage,
Jörg Rinklebe,
Nanthi Bolan,
Meththika Vithanage,
Nanthi Bolan,
Meththika Vithanage,
Meththika Vithanage,
Yang Li,
Manish Kumar,
Ying Yu,
Binoy Sarkar,
Kadambot H. M. Siddique,
Lal Singh,
Meththika Vithanage,
Manish Kumar,
Jörg Rinklebe,
Nanthi Bolan,
Yang Li,
Meththika Vithanage,
M.B. Kirkham,
Meththika Vithanage,
Yang Li,
Meththika Vithanage,
Yang Li,
Meththika Vithanage,
Meththika Vithanage,
M.B. Kirkham,
Nanthi Bolan,
Meththika Vithanage,
Kadambot H. M. Siddique,
Nanthi Bolan,
Meththika Vithanage,
Meththika Vithanage,
Meththika Vithanage,
Nanthi Bolan,
Binoy Sarkar,
Kadambot H. M. Siddique,
Binoy Sarkar,
Meththika Vithanage,
Meththika Vithanage,
Jörg Rinklebe,
Yang Li,
Kadambot H. M. Siddique,
Nanthi Bolan,
Kadambot H. M. Siddique,
Kadambot H. M. Siddique,
Nanthi Bolan,
Yang Li,
Kadambot H. M. Siddique,
Kadambot H. M. Siddique,
Kadambot H. M. Siddique,
Meththika Vithanage,
Meththika Vithanage,
Binoy Sarkar,
Binoy Sarkar,
Yang Li,
Meththika Vithanage,
Jörg Rinklebe,
Yang Li,
Yang Li,
Yang Li,
Chanusha Weralupitiya,
Yang Li,
Meththika Vithanage,
Nanthi Bolan,
Nanthi Bolan,
Nanthi Bolan,
Jörg Rinklebe,
Jörg Rinklebe,
Kadambot H. M. Siddique,
M.B. Kirkham,
Lal Singh,
Binoy Sarkar,
Yang Li,
Nanthi Bolan,
Nanthi Bolan,
Kadambot H. M. Siddique,
Meththika Vithanage,
Meththika Vithanage,
Sammani Ramanayaka,
Nanthi Bolan,
Nanthi Bolan,
Jörg Rinklebe,
M.B. Kirkham,
Sammani Ramanayaka,
Fang Wang
Yang Li,
Nanthi Bolan,
Yang Li,
Lal Singh,
Jörg Rinklebe,
Nanthi Bolan,
Jörg Rinklebe,
Meththika Vithanage,
Binoy Sarkar,
Meththika Vithanage,
Meththika Vithanage,
Jörg Rinklebe,
Nanthi Bolan,
Jörg Rinklebe,
Jörg Rinklebe,
Fang Wang
Kadambot H. M. Siddique,
Nanthi Bolan,
Jörg Rinklebe,
Jörg Rinklebe,
Nanthi Bolan,
Nanthi Bolan,
Lal Singh,
Nanthi Bolan,
Kadambot H. M. Siddique,
Manish Kumar,
Binoy Sarkar,
Deirdre B. Gleeson,
Kadambot H. M. Siddique,
Dongke Zhang,
Kadambot H. M. Siddique,
M.B. Kirkham,
Jörg Rinklebe,
Kadambot H. M. Siddique,
Fang Wang
Summary
Researchers reviewed how microplastics in water attract and support communities of bacteria and other microorganisms that form biofilms — living coatings that alter the plastic particles' movement, help them carry pathogens, and affect how toxic chemicals attached to the plastic are absorbed by living things. Understanding this "plastisphere" ecosystem is critical for predicting where microplastics go and how harmful they become.
Particulate plastic fragments (micro and nano-plastics) in aquatic environments provide abundant solid substrates, which serve as an important habitat for a variety of microorganisms. Surfaces of microplastics (MPs) exhibit hydrophobicity that facilitate the adsorption of dissolved organic carbon (DOC) in the aquatic environment. Furthermore, MPs act as substrata, as well as a carbon source including the readily bioavailable DOC, which promote the formation of microbial biofilms. These biofilms have varied metabolic actions that govern the subsequent succession of micro- and meso-organisms habitation of MPs. The assemblage of ecosystems colonising the plastic environment is often referred to as the “plastisphere”. Polymer type, environmental conditions, including nutrient status, salinity, and season, affect the microbial composition of the biofilm. Microbial habitation accelerated by biofilm formation on particulate plastics enables the movement of microorganisms, especially in the aquatic environment, and impacts the transport and toxicity of contaminants associated with these particulate plastic fragments. This review paper describes the processes of microbial habitation and subsequent biofilm formation, the factors affecting biofilm formation, and the implications of biofilm formation on the mobility of microorganisms, degradation of MPs, and the bioavailability of contaminants associated with MPs.