Early Stage of Biofilm Assembly on Microplastics is Structured by Substrate Size and Bacterial Motility

Overview

Journal Imeta

Specialty Biology

Date 2024 Jun 13

PMID 38867926

Authors

Peng Qin

Han Cui

Panxin Li

Shuaitao Wang

Shen Fan

Jie Lu

Meng Sun

Heng Zhang

Shougang Wang

Xiaoyan Su

Hui-Hui Fu

Xiaoli Hu

Jinshui Lin

Yu-Zhong Zhang

Wei Ding

Weipeng Zhang

Affiliations

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Abstract

The taxonomic structure of biofilms on 0.3-mm microplastics differed significantly from that on 3-mm microplastics or glass particles. Compared with the 3-mm microplastics, biofilms on 0.3-mm microplastics were enriched for genes involved in flagellar-based motility and chemotaxis, pointing to a more 'mobile' community. The association between motility and bacterial colonization of 0.3-mm microplastics was observed through laboratory experiments using isolated strains.

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