Photoaging microplastics as ecological architects of antibiotic resistance dissemination in aquatic sediments: Shifting bacterial adaptation from metabolic regulation to invasive phenotypes.

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Microplastics (MPs) are widely present in aquatic environments and serve as carriers, facilitating the migration and dissemination of antibiotic resistance genes (ARGs), which pose significant threat to ecosystem stability and human health. This study conducted continuous observations in natural sediment environments to systematically evaluate the impact of photoaging of polyethylene (PE) and polylactic acid...

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• Adaptation, Physiological
• Bacteria
• Drug Resistance, Bacterial
• Drug Resistance, Microbial
• Genes, Bacterial