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Exposure of Goniopora columna to polyethylene microplastics (PE-MPs): Effects of PE-MP concentration on extracellular polymeric substances and microbial community

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Shu‐Ling Hsieh, Ya‐Ting Chen, Chang‐Mao Hung, Chang‐Mao Hung, De‐Sing Ding, Cheng‐Di Dong Shu‐Ling Hsieh, Shu‐Ling Hsieh, Ya‐Ting Chen, De‐Sing Ding, Chin‐Pao Huang, Chiu‐Wen Chen, Ya‐Ting Chen, Shu‐Ling Hsieh, Shuchen Hsieh, Chiu‐Wen Chen, De‐Sing Ding, De‐Sing Ding, De‐Sing Ding, De‐Sing Ding, De‐Sing Ding, De‐Sing Ding, Shu‐Ling Hsieh, De‐Sing Ding, Chin‐Pao Huang, Cheng‐Di Dong De‐Sing Ding, Chin‐Pao Huang, Shuchen Hsieh, Shu‐Ling Hsieh, Chiu‐Wen Chen, Ya‐Ting Chen, Shu‐Ling Hsieh, Ya‐Ting Chen, Chiu‐Wen Chen, Chiu‐Wen Chen, Chin‐Pao Huang, Chang‐Mao Hung, Chiu‐Wen Chen, Ya‐Ting Chen, Chiu‐Wen Chen, Shu‐Ling Hsieh, Shuchen Hsieh, De‐Sing Ding, Shuchen Hsieh, Chiu‐Wen Chen, Chiu‐Wen Chen, Chiu‐Wen Chen, Chin‐Pao Huang, De‐Sing Ding, Chang‐Mao Hung, Chiu‐Wen Chen, Shuchen Hsieh, Shuchen Hsieh, Chiu‐Wen Chen, Shuchen Hsieh, Shuchen Hsieh, Cheng‐Di Dong Cheng‐Di Dong Shuchen Hsieh, Chin‐Pao Huang, Shu‐Ling Hsieh, Shuchen Hsieh, Cheng‐Di Dong Chiu‐Wen Chen, Chiu‐Wen Chen, Ya‐Ting Chen, Cheng‐Di Dong Cheng‐Di Dong Shu‐Ling Hsieh, Shu‐Ling Hsieh, Cheng‐Di Dong Cheng‐Di Dong Cheng‐Di Dong Chiu‐Wen Chen, Cheng‐Di Dong Cheng‐Di Dong Cheng‐Di Dong Chiu‐Wen Chen, Cheng‐Di Dong Cheng‐Di Dong Chiu‐Wen Chen, Cheng‐Di Dong Cheng‐Di Dong Cheng‐Di Dong Cheng‐Di Dong

Summary

Researchers exposed the coral Goniopora columna to varying concentrations of polyethylene microplastics and analyzed changes in microbial communities and extracellular polymeric substances over seven days. At the highest concentration, significant shifts in bacterial composition were observed, along with changes in humic and fulvic-like substances produced by microbial activity. The findings provide new insights into how microplastic concentration affects coral-microbiome interactions in reef ecosystems.

Polymers

Although the pollution of coral reefs by microplastics (MPs) is an environmental problem of global significance, the effects of MP concentration on scleractinian corals remain largely underexplored. Herein, we exposed a representative scleractinian coral (Goniopora columna) to different concentrations (5-300 mg L) of polyethylene microplastics (PE-MPs; 40-48 μm) over seven days and evaluated the changes in microbial community and extracellular polymeric substances (EPS) using fluorescence excitation-emission matrix spectroscopy and amplicon sequence variants (ASV). At a PE-MP concentration of 300 mg L, the relative abundance of Bacillus (Firmicutes phylum) and Ruegeria (Proteobacteria phylum) in PE-MP-associated EPS increased and decreased, respectively, while the effects of exposure depended on the particle size of the extracellular polymeric substance (EPS)-based matrix and the humification index. Humic- and fulvic-like substances were identified as critical EPS components produced by microbial activity. The results have shed new insights into short-term responses of G. columna during exposure to different PE-MP concentrations and reveal important coral-MP-microbiome interactions in coral reef ecosystems. Results demonstrated that the coral-MPs interactions should be further evaluated to gain a deeper understanding of the underlying ecotoxicological risks.

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