The role of the gut microbiome in the degradation of microplastics and persistent organic pollutants at different levels of the aquatic food web KU Leuven
The purpose of this PhD is to find microbial functional genes linked to microplastic and persistent organic pollutant (POP) degradation. The first part of this research will be carried out as part of the PlasticDaphnia project, of which the goal is to study the role of the Daphnia gut microbiome in microplastic degradation of both traditional and bioplastics in stagnant freshwater systems. The second part of this PhD wants to open up this ...