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Assessment of the Influence of Size and Concentration on the Ecotoxicity of Microplastics to Microalgae Scenedesmus sp., Bacterium Pseudomonas putida and Yeast Saccharomyces cerevisiae
Polymers2022
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Martina Miloloža
Martina Miloloža
Martina Miloloža
Martina Miloloža
Viktorija Prevarić,
Kristina Bule,
Kristina Bule,
Kristina Bule,
Dajana Kučić Grgić,
Dajana Kučić Grgić,
Dajana Kučić Grgić,
Martina Miloloža,
Martina Miloloža,
Martina Miloloža,
Martina Miloloža,
Martina Miloloža,
Martina Miloloža,
Martina Miloloža,
Dajana Kučić Grgić,
Martina Miloloža,
Martina Miloloža,
Matija Cvetnić,
Martina Miloloža,
Viktorija Prevarić,
Kristina Bule,
Kristina Bule,
Kristina Bule,
Martina Miloloža
Martina Miloloža
Martina Miloloža
Martina Miloloža
Martina Miloloža
Martina Miloloža
Matija Cvetnić,
Matija Cvetnić,
Martina Miloloža,
Martina Miloloža,
Martina Miloloža,
Martina Miloloža,
Martina Miloloža,
Martina Miloloža,
Martina Miloloža,
Matija Cvetnić,
Dajana Kučić Grgić,
Dajana Kučić Grgić,
Šime Ukić,
Kristina Bule,
Kristina Bule,
Kristina Bule,
Viktorija Prevarić,
Martina Miloloža
Martina Miloloža
Martina Miloloža
Martina Miloloža
Martina Miloloža
Martina Miloloža
Martina Miloloža
Kristina Bule,
Kristina Bule,
Kristina Bule,
Viktorija Prevarić,
Kristina Bule,
Dajana Kučić Grgić,
Martina Miloloža
Viktorija Prevarić,
Dajana Kučić Grgić,
Tomislav Bolanča,
Dajana Kučić Grgić,
Šime Ukić,
Matija Cvetnić,
Dajana Kučić Grgić,
Tomislav Bolanča,
Martina Miloloža,
Šime Ukić,
Viktorija Prevarić,
Tomislav Bolanča,
Kristina Bule,
Tomislav Bolanča,
Matija Cvetnić,
Šime Ukić,
Matija Cvetnić,
Martina Miloloža
Martina Miloloža
Martina Miloloža
Tomislav Bolanča,
Martina Miloloža,
Martina Miloloža,
Matija Cvetnić,
Viktorija Prevarić,
Tomislav Bolanča,
Tomislav Bolanča,
Tomislav Bolanča,
Martina Miloloža,
Tomislav Bolanča,
Šime Ukić,
Tomislav Bolanča,
Matija Cvetnić,
Viktorija Prevarić,
Matija Cvetnić,
Šime Ukić,
Matija Cvetnić,
Martina Miloloža,
Dajana Kučić Grgić,
Tomislav Bolanča,
Tomislav Bolanča,
Šime Ukić,
Tomislav Bolanča,
Šime Ukić,
Šime Ukić,
Šime Ukić,
Tomislav Bolanča,
Matija Cvetnić,
Martina Miloloža
Martina Miloloža
Martina Miloloža
Tomislav Bolanča,
Tomislav Bolanča,
Matija Cvetnić,
Matija Cvetnić,
Dajana Kučić Grgić,
Martina Miloloža,
Martina Miloloža,
Dajana Kučić Grgić,
Tomislav Bolanča,
Tomislav Bolanča,
Tomislav Bolanča,
Tomislav Bolanča,
Kristina Bule,
Kristina Bule,
Kristina Bule,
Tomislav Bolanča,
Tomislav Bolanča,
Tomislav Bolanča,
Martina Miloloža,
Dajana Kučić Grgić,
Kristina Bule,
Martina Miloloža
Dajana Kučić Grgić,
Šime Ukić,
Tomislav Bolanča,
Dajana Kučić Grgić,
Viktorija Prevarić,
Dajana Kučić Grgić,
Viktorija Prevarić,
Dajana Kučić Grgić,
Matija Cvetnić,
Šime Ukić,
Šime Ukić,
Dajana Kučić Grgić,
Dajana Kučić Grgić,
Šime Ukić,
Dajana Kučić Grgić,
Tomislav Bolanča,
Tomislav Bolanča,
Šime Ukić,
Dajana Kučić Grgić,
Martina Miloloža
Tomislav Bolanča,
Martina Miloloža,
Tomislav Bolanča,
Tomislav Bolanča,
Matija Cvetnić,
Tomislav Bolanča,
Tomislav Bolanča,
Tomislav Bolanča,
Dajana Kučić Grgić,
Šime Ukić,
Martina Miloloža,
Martina Miloloža
Summary
Researchers assessed the ecotoxicity of five common microplastic types on microalgae, bacteria, and yeast, finding that polyvinyl chloride caused the most growth inhibition and that smaller particle sizes generally increased harmful effects.
The harmful effects of microplastics are not yet fully revealed. This study tested harmful effects of polyethylene (PE), polypropylene (PP), polystyrene (PS), polyvinyl chloride (PVC), and polyethylene terephthalate (PET) microplastics were tested. Growth inhibition tests were conducted using three microorganisms with different characteristics: <i>Scenedesmus</i> sp., <i>Pseudomonas putida</i>, and <i>Saccharomyces cerevisiae</i>. The growth inhibition test with <i>Scenedesmus</i> sp. is relatively widely used, while the tests with <i>Pseudomonas putida</i> and <i>Saccharomyces cerevisiae</i> were, to our knowledge, applied to microplastics for the first time. The influence of concentration and size of microplastic particles, in the range of 50-1000 mg/L and 200-600 µm, was tested. Determined inhibitions on all three microorganisms confirmed the hazardous potential of the microplastics used. Modeling of the inhibition surface showed the increase in harmfulness with increasing concentration of the microplastics. Particle size showed no effect for <i>Scenedesmus</i> with PE, PP and PET, <i>Pseudomonas putida</i> with PS, and <i>Saccharomyces cerevisiae</i> with PP. In the remaining cases, higher inhibitions followed a decrease in particle size. The exception was <i>Scenedesmus</i> sp. with PS, where the lowest inhibitions were obtained at 400 µm. Finally, among the applied tests, the test with <i>Saccharomyces cerevisiae</i> proved to be the most sensitive to microplastics.