Microplastics in urban waters and its effects on microbial communities: a critical review

Entezari, Saber; Al, Mamun Abdullah; Mostashari, Amir; Ganjidoust, Hossein; Ayati, Bita; Yang, Jun

doi:10.1007/s11356-022-23810-2

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“…Microplastics (MPs), plastic particles smaller than 5 mm, are an emerging worldwide contaminant and ubiquitous in rivers, lakes, oceans, mountains, soils, and even in remote Arctic and Antarctic ice sheets (47). Microorganisms attach to and form biofilms on MPs, which then serve as dispersal vehicles to transport microbes to new locations where these communities affect endogenous microbiota and functions within ecosystems (47,78,90,103,136,163). MP biofilms formed in aquatic systems accelerated ammonia and nitrite oxidation as well as denitrification in indoor mesocosm experiments, effectively altering N and P cycling processes (29).…”

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Interplay Between Antimicrobial Resistance and Global Environmental Change

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2023

Annu. Rev. Genet.

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Antibiotic resistance genes predate the therapeutic uses of antibiotics. However, the current antimicrobial resistance crisis stems from our extensive use of antibiotics and the generation of environmental stressors that impose new selective pressure on microbes and drive the evolution of resistant pathogens that now threaten human health. Similar to climate change, this global threat results from human activities that change habitats and natural microbiomes, which in turn interact with human-associated ecosystems and lead to adverse impacts on human health. Human activities that alter our planet at global scales exacerbate the current resistance crisis and exemplify our central role in large-scale changes in which we are both protagonists and architects of our success but also casualties of unanticipated collateral outcomes. As cognizant participants in this ongoing planetary experiment, we are driven to understand and find strategies to curb the ongoing crises of resistance and climate change. Expected final online publication date for the Annual Review of Genetics, Volume 57 is November 2023. Please see http://www.annualreviews.org/page/journal/pubdates for revised estimates.

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