The accumulation of microplastics in the environment, and within our bodies, is an increasingly worrisome issue. But ...

Plastic pollution is one of the defining environmental challenges of our time—and some of nature's tiniest organisms may ...

Scientists have for the first time shown that some wild corals are feeding on tiny shreds of plastic trash ... in seawater to cover them with a biofilm—a thin layer of bacteria.

Chen was recently awarded a $360,000 Early Career Proposal grant from the U.S. Army Research Office to investigate how biofilms — the slimy layers of bacteria and microorganisms that grow on surfaces ...

Moreover, the researchers found that Pseudomonas aeruginosa can use broken-down plastic fragments to form tougher biofilms—coatings of protective slime that can increase antibiotic resistance ...

Another example comes from researchers at Hong Kong Polytechnic University, who have devised a method of trapping tiny plastic particles using a sticky bacterial biofilm. Plastic trash like ...

A biological method to treat sewage using moving, biofilm-covered plastic items known as carriers has been gaining prominence, and an Osaka Metropolitan University-led team has found ways to make ...

Spurring more biofilm growth for efficient wastewater treatment Foaming plastic carriers creates uneven surfaces, more area for necessary microorganisms Date: September 4, 2024 Source: Osaka ...

Once it gets into the water, plastic debris provides surfaces that can be quickly colonised by microbial communities, forming a biofilm. This plastic-borne community is known as the plastisphere ...

Antarctica, the worlds most remote, harsh and pristine continent, is not free from marine pollution. Antarctica, the world's most remote, harsh and pristine continent, is not free from marine ...