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Microplastics

2020 6 citations ? Citation count from OpenAlex, updated daily. May differ slightly from the publisher's own count.
José Antônio Baptista Neto, Christine C. Gaylarde, Estefan Monteiro da Fonseca

Summary

Ocean microplastics are swiftly colonized by a succession of microorganisms including cyanobacteria, diatoms, and proteobacteria, creating persistent floating microbial habitats known as the plastisphere. This biological colonization can facilitate the spread of invasive species and antibiotic-resistant bacteria across ocean basins, adding a significant ecological and public health dimension to microplastic pollution.

Microplastics (MPs) released into the oceans rapidly become colonized by a wide range of microorganisms and other biota. Phototrophic cells such as cyanobacteria and diatoms are the first to attach, but these are normally overtaken by proteobacteria, prior to the...

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