Assessing the Risks of Potential Bacterial Pathogens Attaching to Different Microplastics during the Summer–Autumn Period in a Mariculture Cage

• Published in: Microorganisms (Basel) Vol. 9; no. 9; p. 1909
• Main Authors: Hou, Dandi, Hong, Man, Wang, Yanting, Dong, Pengsheng, Cheng, Huangwei, Yan, Huizhen, Yao, Zhiyuan, Li, Daoji, Wang, Kai, Zhang, Demin
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Basel MDPI AG 09.09.2021; MDPI
• Subjects: Aquaculture; aquatic ecosystem; Aquatic ecosystems; Aquatic environment; Autumn; Cages; Colonization; Disease; Ecological effects; Environmental factors; Epidemics; Escherichia; Gene sequencing; genes; industry; Ingestion; mariculture; Marine aquaculture; Microorganisms; microplastic pollution; Microplastics; nitrites; pathogen database; pathogenic microorganism; Pathogens; Plastic debris; Plastic pollution; pollution; Polyethylene; Polyethylene terephthalate; polyethylene terephthalates; Polypropylene; polypropylenes; Product safety; Relative abundance; Risk assessment; rRNA 16S; Seafood; Seawater; Substrates; Summer; temperature; Tenacibaculum; Vibrio; United States > US

As microplastic pollution continues to increase, an emerging threat is the potential for microplastics to act as novel substrates and/or carriers for pathogens. This is of particular concern for aquatic product safety given the growing evidence of microplastic ingestion by aquaculture species. Howev...