Article
Microplastic diversity increases the abundance of antibiotic resistance genes in soil.
Nature communications - 12 Nov 2024
Wang Yi-Fei, Liu Yan-Jie, Fu Yan-Mei, Xu Jia-Yang, Zhang Tian-Lun, Cui Hui-Ling, Qiao Min, Rillig Matthias C, Zhu Yong-Guan, Zhu Dong
Abstract excerpt
The impact of microplastics on antibiotic resistance has attracted widespread attention. However, previous studies primarily focused on the effects of individual microplastics. In reality, diverse microplastic types accumulate in soil, and it remains less well studied whether microplastic diversity (i.e., variations in color, shape or polymer type) can be an important driver of increased antibiotic resistance...
Topics
- Soil Microbiology
- Microplastics
- Drug Resistance, Microbial
- Soil
- Soil Pollutants
- Metagenomics
- Genes, Bacterial
- Virulence Factors
- Bacteria
- Interspersed Repetitive Sequences
