Assessing the Plastisphere from Floating Plastics in the Northwestern Mediterranean Sea, with Emphasis on Viruses

Microorganisms, Год журнала: 2024, Номер 12(3), С. 444 - 444

Опубликована: Фев. 22, 2024

Plastics in the ocean create "plastisphere", a diverse habitat hosting various life forms. Other than pollution induced by plastics, co-occurrence of primary producers, symbiotic organisms, decomposers, and pathogens within plastisphere raises questions about how they influence dynamics marine ecosystems. Here, we used shotgun DNA-sequencing approach to describe species thriving on floating plastics collected two Mediterranean sites. Our findings revealed many bacteria, eukaryotes, viruses, archaea each plastic. Proteobacteria was dominant (70% reads entire dataset), with other groups such as Ascomycota fungi (11%) Bacteroidetes (9%) also being represented. The community structure not affected polymeric composition or plastic shape. Notably, pathogenic Vibrio species, including V. campbelli, alginolyticus, coralliilyticus, were among most abundant species. Viruses, despite showing lower relative abundances, occurred all samples, especially Herpesvirales, Caudovirales, Poxviridae groups. A significant finding presence White Spot Syndrome virus (WSSV). This pathogen, responsible for devastating outbreaks aquaculture systems, had been previously reported plastisphere. study emphasizes need further investigation into ecological economic impacts organisms ocean.

Язык: Английский

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Advancing sustainability: The role of epiplastic microalgae and their enzymatic pathways in freshwater plastic biodegradation

Journal of Water Process Engineering, Год журнала: 2024, Номер 67, С. 106134 - 106134

Опубликована: Сен. 10, 2024

Язык: Английский

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Microbial consortia for multi-plastic waste biodegradation: selection and validation

Environmental Technology & Innovation, Год журнала: 2024, Номер 36, С. 103887 - 103887

Опубликована: Ноя. 1, 2024

Язык: Английский

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Underestimated Risks of Microplastics on the Environmental Spread of Antibiotic Resistance Genes

ACS ES&T Water, Год журнала: 2023, Номер 3(8), С. 1976 - 1979

Опубликована: Май 19, 2023

Microplastics (MPs) has aroused growing environmental, ecological and health concerns due to their biotoxicity non-negligible roles in promoting the spread of pathogens antibiotic resistance genes (ARGs). Especially, formation biofilm on MP surfaces an aquatic environment is supposed drastically enhance MPs' impacts enhanced microbial contact altered local environment, but detailed risks MPs-microbe interactions remain poorly understood. This Viewpoint sheds light phenomenon mechanisms MP-promoted ARGs propagation, underscores underestimated ARG real water environments biased microplastic detection methods as well limited knowledge combined pollution inappropriate risk assessment methods, discusses future research needs for control.

Язык: Английский

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Profiling Toxin Genes and Antibiotic Resistance in Escherichia coli Strains Isolated from Marine Beaches of Megacity Mumbai, India

International Journal of Environmental Research, Год журнала: 2025, Номер 19(3)

Опубликована: Янв. 11, 2025

Язык: Английский

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