Sowe river plastisphere AMR and degradation
In this this study we incubated pristine and weathered PE plastics along with wood in a river for one week. Prior to collection of these samples - along with the surrounding river water - the microbial assemblages were used for metagenomic sequencing and a thorough investigation of the capacity of these microbes to harbour AMR, virulence factors, mobile genetic elements and genes potentially used for the degradation of plastics has been carried out.