Rapid bacterial colonization of low-density polyethylene microplastics in coastal sediment microcosms

BMC Microbiology

Volumn 14, Issue 1, 2014, Pages

  Harrison, Jesse P ^a,d   Schratzberger, Michaela ^b   Sapp, Melanie ^b,e   Osborn, A Mark ^a,c,f  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SHEFFIELD   (United Kingdom)

^b CENTRE FOR ENVIRONMENT   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF HULL   (United Kingdom)

^d UNIVERSITY OF EDINBURGH   (United Kingdom)

^e FOOD AND ENVIRONMENT RESEARCH AGENCY   (United Kingdom)

^f RMIT UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Arcobacter; Bacteria; Colwellia; Microplastics; Sediment; Succession

Indexed keywords

LOW DENSITY POLYETHYLENE; MICROPLASTIC; PLASTIC; POLYETHYLENE; RNA 16S; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; BACTERIAL DNA; RIBOSOME DNA; WATER POLLUTANT;

ARCOBACTER; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL COLONIZATION; BACTERIAL STRUCTURES; FLUORESCENCE IN SITU HYBRIDIZATION; GENE NUMBER; MICROBIAL COMMUNITY; MICROCOSM; NONHUMAN; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RESTRICTION FRAGMENT LENGTH POLYMORPHISM; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; SEDIMENT; BACTERIA; BIODIVERSITY; CHEMISTRY; CLASSIFICATION; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; DNA SEQUENCE; GENETICS; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; MICROBIOLOGY; MOLECULAR GENETICS; PHYLOGENY; REAL TIME POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; UNITED KINGDOM; WATER POLLUTANT;

ARCOBACTER; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); COLWELLIA;

BACTERIA; BIODIVERSITY; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; DNA, BACTERIAL; DNA, RIBOSOMAL; GEOLOGIC SEDIMENTS; GREAT BRITAIN; IN SITU HYBRIDIZATION, FLUORESCENCE; MICROSCOPY, ELECTRON, SCANNING; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; PHYLOGENY; POLYETHYLENE; POLYMORPHISM, RESTRICTION FRAGMENT LENGTH; REAL-TIME POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RNA, RIBOSOMAL, 16S; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA; WATER POLLUTANTS, CHEMICAL;

EID: 84907441171     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14712180     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/s12866-014-0232-4     Document Type: Article

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