Rapid colonisation of environmental plastic waste by pathogenic bacteria drives adaptive phenotypic changes.

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Microbial biofilms on environmental plastic pollution can serve as a reservoir for both pathogenic and commensal bacteria. Associating with this 'plastisphere', provides a mechanism for the wider dissemination of pathogens within the environment and a greater potential for human exposure. For pathogens to bind to environmental plastic waste they need to be in close contact with it; therefore, understanding how...

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