New Surface Marine Microplastics for Colonization, Biofilm Formation and Biodegradation
محورهای موضوعی : Biotechnological Journal of Environmental Microorganismsناهید معصومی 1 , سید رضا حسینی دوست 2 , مرتضی عزیزالهی 3 , مریم میان آبادی 4
1 - دانشجوی دکتری تخصصی، گروه میکروبیولوژی، دانشکده علوم و فناوریهای نوین، علوم پزشکی تهران، دانشگاه آزاد اسلامی، تهران، ایران.
2 - دپارتمان میکروبیولوژی ، دانشکده علوم پیشرفته ، دانشکده پزشکی، دانشگاه آزاد اسلامی ، تهران ، ایران
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کلید واژه: Microplastics, Microorganisms, Biofilm communities, Microbial degradation.,
چکیده مقاله :
We have known that microplastics (MPs) in the ocean are carriers of microbial dominated assemblages and
rapidly are colonized by microbes when released into ocean. However, the role of microbial interactions with
microplastics in marine ecosystems has been investigated in detail recently. The presence of microplastics in
the marine environment has been raising global attention. Microparticles transport biofilm communities that
are distinct from the surrounding environment. Although plastic-colonizing microorganisms are important for
the fate of MPs in different ecosystems but its influence on the fate of microplastics is largely unknown. In this
review, we focused on the establishment of plastic-specific biofilms (plastisphere); enrichment of pathogenic
bacteria coupled to a vector function of microplastics; and the microbial degradation of microplastics in the
marine environment. In addition providing a better understanding of plastisphere and biofilm expansion in
marine environment, and discuss plastic biodegradation. Also, identification of potentially pathogenic “hitchhikers”
in the plastisphere considered.
We have known that microplastics (MPs) in the ocean are carriers of microbial dominated assemblages and
rapidly are colonized by microbes when released into ocean. However, the role of microbial interactions with
microplastics in marine ecosystems has been investigated in detail recently. The presence of microplastics in
the marine environment has been raising global attention. Microparticles transport biofilm communities that
are distinct from the surrounding environment. Although plastic-colonizing microorganisms are important for
the fate of MPs in different ecosystems but its influence on the fate of microplastics is largely unknown. In this
review, we focused on the establishment of plastic-specific biofilms (plastisphere); enrichment of pathogenic
bacteria coupled to a vector function of microplastics; and the microbial degradation of microplastics in the
marine environment. In addition providing a better understanding of plastisphere and biofilm expansion in
marine environment, and discuss plastic biodegradation. Also, identification of potentially pathogenic “hitchhikers”
in the plastisphere considered.
