16S rRNA gene sequence analysis of the microbial community on microplastic samples from the North Atlantic and Great Pacific Garbage Patches
The exponential increase in plastic production has led to their accumulation in the environment, particularly in oceans, polluting these environments from the shore to the open ocean and even sea ice in the pole regions. Microbial communities were compared on plastic particles, known as "Plasti...
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ftufz:oai:ufz.de:28207 2023-12-10T09:51:30+01:00 16S rRNA gene sequence analysis of the microbial community on microplastic samples from the North Atlantic and Great Pacific Garbage Patches Tora, D. Hentschel, U. Lips, Stefan Schmitt-Jansen, Mechthild Borchert, E. 2023-05-31 application/pdf https://www.ufz.de/index.php?en=20939&ufzPublicationIdentifier=28207 https://doi.org/10.5897/AJMR2022.9682 en eng Academic Journals, Victoria Island, Lagos, Nigeria African Journal of Microbiology Research 17 (5);; 123 - 138 https://www.ufz.de/index.php?en=20939&ufzPublicationIdentifier=28207 https://dx.doi.org/10.5897/AJMR2022.9682 info:eu-repo/semantics/openAccess ISSN: 1996-0808 Plastisphere microbial communities plastic degraders info:eu-repo/semantics/article https://purl.org/dc/dcmitype/Text 2023 ftufz https://doi.org/10.5897/AJMR2022.9682 2023-11-12T23:38:06Z The exponential increase in plastic production has led to their accumulation in the environment, particularly in oceans, polluting these environments from the shore to the open ocean and even sea ice in the pole regions. Microbial communities were compared on plastic particles, known as "Plastisphere", collected from the Atlantic and Pacific ocean gyres in the Summer of 2019 and subsequently inspected for potential plastic degraders. A 16S rRNA amplicon sequencing approach was applied to decipher differences and similarities in colonization behaviour between these two gyres. Polyethylene (PE) and polypropylene (PP) plastic samples were retrieved and investigated. We found that microbes differed significantly between the two oceans and identified thirteen differentially abundant taxa at the class level. Proteobacteria, Cyanobacteria and Bacteroidota were the most prominent relative abundant phyla in the two oceans. Finally, according to the current literature, we found 38 genera documented as potential plastic degraders. This study highlights the importance of the biogeographical location with respect to microbial colonization patterns of marine plastic debris, differing even in the open oceans. Furthermore, the wide distribution of potential plastic-degrading bacteria was shown. Article in Journal/Newspaper North Atlantic Sea ice UFZ - Publication Index (Helmholtz-Centre for Environmental Research) Pacific African Journal of Microbiology Research 17 5 123 138 |
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The exponential increase in plastic production has led to their accumulation in the environment, particularly in oceans, polluting these environments from the shore to the open ocean and even sea ice in the pole regions. Microbial communities were compared on plastic particles, known as "Plastisphere", collected from the Atlantic and Pacific ocean gyres in the Summer of 2019 and subsequently inspected for potential plastic degraders. A 16S rRNA amplicon sequencing approach was applied to decipher differences and similarities in colonization behaviour between these two gyres. Polyethylene (PE) and polypropylene (PP) plastic samples were retrieved and investigated. We found that microbes differed significantly between the two oceans and identified thirteen differentially abundant taxa at the class level. Proteobacteria, Cyanobacteria and Bacteroidota were the most prominent relative abundant phyla in the two oceans. Finally, according to the current literature, we found 38 genera documented as potential plastic degraders. This study highlights the importance of the biogeographical location with respect to microbial colonization patterns of marine plastic debris, differing even in the open oceans. Furthermore, the wide distribution of potential plastic-degrading bacteria was shown. |
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Tora, D. Hentschel, U. Lips, Stefan Schmitt-Jansen, Mechthild Borchert, E. |
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Tora, D. Hentschel, U. Lips, Stefan Schmitt-Jansen, Mechthild Borchert, E. |
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16S rRNA gene sequence analysis of the microbial community on microplastic samples from the North Atlantic and Great Pacific Garbage Patches |
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16S rRNA gene sequence analysis of the microbial community on microplastic samples from the North Atlantic and Great Pacific Garbage Patches |
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16S rRNA gene sequence analysis of the microbial community on microplastic samples from the North Atlantic and Great Pacific Garbage Patches |
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16S rRNA gene sequence analysis of the microbial community on microplastic samples from the North Atlantic and Great Pacific Garbage Patches |
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16S rRNA gene sequence analysis of the microbial community on microplastic samples from the North Atlantic and Great Pacific Garbage Patches |
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16s rrna gene sequence analysis of the microbial community on microplastic samples from the north atlantic and great pacific garbage patches |
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