PRJNA495136
sea plastic microbiome
The present study compares the structures of bacterial communities from floating plastics, sediment-associated plastics and sediments from the Mediterranean Sea. Secondly, the present study uses environmental samples to investigate the enrichment of potential plastic-degrading bacteria with Low Density PolyEthylene (LDPE), PolyEthylene Terephthalate (PET) and Polystyrene (PS) plastics as the sole carbon source.