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Fig. 2 | Environmental Microbiome

Fig. 2

From: Plastisphere community assemblage of aquatic environment: plastic-microbe interaction, role in degradation and characterization technologies

Fig. 2

Depiction of plastic colonization in an oceanic environment in an abstract form; plastic degrading microbes (PDM) might belong to the pioneer community, especially if oligomeric and polymeric additives are available as carbon and energy sources. Once these sources are exhausted, the specialized microbes which can utilize the labile photosynthate produced by phototrophs will outcompete the PDM [158]

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Environmental Microbiome

ISSN: 2524-6372