The dynamic bacterial colonization on plastic: an exposure experiment at sea Instituut voor Landbouw-, Visserij- en Voedingsonderzoek
Plastic debris is widespread in our marine ecosystem. For some marine organisms, e.g. fish and seabirds, its presence could be harmful as they could be entangled by plastic debris or ingest microplastics. However, other organisms, especially micro-organisms, may take advantage of the plastic pollution in the seas, as they can use plastic as habitat or even as food source.
We previously showed using 16S rDNA metabarcoding, that bacteria are ...
We previously showed using 16S rDNA metabarcoding, that bacteria are ...