Microbes with plastic-degrading and pathogenic potentials are present on plastics in the final polishing pond of a wastewater treatment plant

Microbes with plastic-degrading and pathogenic potentials are present on plastics in the final polishing pond of a wastewater treatment plant

Abstract We characterised plastisphere microbial communities in the polishing pond of a municipal wastewater treatment plant, applying prokaryotic 16S rRNA gene, eukaryotic 18S rRNA gene and fungal ITS2 region sequencing to identify changes in microbial biofilm community compositions over time. Pond...

Full description

Saved in:
Bibliographic Details
Main Authors: Jessica A. Wallbank, Fraser Doake, Lloyd Donaldson, Joanne M. Kingsbury, Hayden Masterton, Olga Pantos, Dawn A. Smith, Beatrix Theobald, Louise Weaver, Gavin Lear
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: BMC 2025-07-01
Series:Environmental Microbiome
Subjects:
Pathogen rafting
Wastewater treatment plant
Plastisphere
Microbial community
Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1186/s40793-025-00737-y
Tags: Add Tag
No Tags, Be the first to tag this record!

Internet

https://doi.org/10.1186/s40793-025-00737-y

Similar Items