Microplastic-associated bacterial assemblages in the intertidal zone of the Yangtze Estuary

Science of the Total Environment

Volumn 624, Issue , 2018, Pages 48-54

  Jiang, Peilin ^a   Zhao, Shiye ^a   Zhu, Lixin ^a   Li, Daoji ^a  

^a EAST CHINA NORMAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

16S rRNA; China; Microplastic; Pathogens; Plastic marine debris; Plastisphere

Indexed keywords

BIOCHEMISTRY; BIODEGRADATION; ECOSYSTEMS; METABOLISM; PATHOGENS; RNA;

16S RRNA; CHINA; MICROPLASTIC; PLASTIC MARINE DEBRIS; PLASTISPHERE;

BACTERIA;

PLASTIC;

ESTUARY; INTERTIDAL ENVIRONMENT; MICROBIAL COMMUNITY; PATHOGEN; PLASTIC; RNA;

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL METABOLISM; CHINA; COMMUNITY STRUCTURE; CORRELATIONAL STUDY; DNA FINGERPRINTING; ESTUARY; EVOLUTIONARY ADAPTATION; GEOGRAPHY; HIGH THROUGHPUT SEQUENCING; INTERTIDAL ZONE; MICROBIAL COMMUNITY; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RHIZOBIALES; RHODOBACTERALES; SEDIMENT; SPHINGOMONADALES; BACTERIUM; CLASSIFICATION; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; MICROBIOLOGY; SEA; WATER POLLUTANT;

CHINA; YANGTZE ESTUARY;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); RHIZOBIALES; RHODOBACTERALES; SPHINGOMONADALES;

BACTERIA; CHINA; ESTUARIES; OCEANS AND SEAS; PLASTICS; WATER MICROBIOLOGY; WATER POLLUTANTS, CHEMICAL;

EID: 85038017852     PISSN: 00489697     EISSN: 18791026     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.scitotenv.2017.12.105     Document Type: Article

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