Ecology and risks of the global plastisphere as a newly expanding microbial habitat

Plastic offers a new niche for microorganisms, the plastisphere. The ever-increasing emission of plastic waste makes it critical to understand the microbial ecology of the plastisphere and associated effects. Here, we present a global fingerprint of the plastisphere, analyzing samples collected from...

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Main Authors: Changchao Li, Michael R. Gillings, Chao Zhang, Qinglin Chen, Dong Zhu, Jie Wang, Kankan Zhao, Qicheng Xu, Polly Hangmei Leung, Xiangdong Li, Jian Liu, Ling Jin
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Elsevier 2024-01-01
Series:The Innovation
Online Access:http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2666675823001716