Spatial Environmental Heterogeneity Determines Young Biofilm Assemblages on Microplastics in Baltic Sea Mesocosms

Spatial Environmental Heterogeneity Determines Young Biofilm Assemblages on Microplastics in Baltic Sea Mesocosms

Microplastics in aquatic environments provide novel habitats for surface-colonizing microorganisms. Given the continuing debate on whether substrate-specific properties or environmental factors prevail in shaping biofilm assemblages on microplastics, we examined the influence of substrate vs. spatia...

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Main Authors: Katharina Kesy, Sonja Oberbeckmann, Bernd Kreikemeyer, Matthias Labrenz
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Frontiers Media S.A. 2019-08-01
Series:Frontiers in Microbiology
Subjects:
biofilms
microplastics
Sphingomonadaceae
Vibrio
Baltic Sea
salinity gradient
Online Access:https://www.frontiersin.org/article/10.3389/fmicb.2019.01665/full

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