Plastic-microbe interaction in the marine environment: research methods and opportunities

• المؤلفون الرئيسيون: Koh, Jonas Zhi Xiang, Bairoliya, Sakcham, Cho, Zin Thida, Cao, Bin
• مؤلفون آخرون: School of Civil and Environmental Engineering
• التنسيق: مقال
• اللغة: English
• منشور في: 2023
• الموضوعات: Engineering::Environmental engineering; Plastisphere; Biofilm
• الوصول للمادة أونلاين: https://hdl.handle.net/10356/169082
• المؤسسة: Nanyang Technological University

Approximately 9 million metric tons of plastics enters the ocean annually, and once in the marine environment, plastic surfaces can be quickly colonised by marine microorganisms, forming a biofilm. Studies on plastic debris-biofilm associations, known as plastisphere, have increased exponentially wi...