Table 1 Plastisphere associated bacterial species

Bacteroidetes, Proteobacteria,

Cyanobacteria, Acidobacteria, and

Actinobacteria

PP, PET, PE

South China Sea; surface

V4-V5 16S

rRNA

sequencing

[72]

Gammaproteobacteria, Actinobacteria,

Opitutae, Alphaproteobacteria, and

Sphingobacteria

PE, PP

Baltic, Sargasso and

Mediterranean seas; surface

V3-V4 16S

rRNA

sequencing

[73]

Thalassospiraceae, Alteromonadaceae, and

Vibrionaceae

PET

Porthcawl beach

V4-V5 16S

rRNA

sequencing

[74]

Flavobacteriaceae and Rhodobacteriaceae

PVC

Atlantic

Ocean, Indian Ocean, Mediterranean Sea,

and; seafloor

V4-V5 16S

rRNA

sequencing

[75]

Pseudomonas and Bdellovibrio

PS

Seawater

V4 16S rRNA

sequencing

[76]

Marinobacter, Idiomarina, Halomonas, Exiguobacterium, and Ochrobactrum

PET, PE

Huiquan Bay (Qingdao,

China); surface

V4-V5 16S

rRNA

sequencing

[77]

Methylologellaceae, Micrococcaceae, Pseudomonadaceae, Colwelliaceae, Haliangiaceae, Halieceaea

PE

North Atlantic

V4 16S rRNA

sequencing

[78]

Flavobacteriales, Cytophagales, Rhodobacterales, Rickettsiales, Chitinophagales, Alteromonadales, and

Oceanospirillales

PE, PP, PE

Mediterranean Sea; surface

V4–V5 16S

rRNA

sequencing

[79]

Proteobacteria and Bacteriodes

PE, PUF, PVC, PLA

York River estuary

V4–V5 16S

rRNA

sequencing

[68]

Saprospirae, Flavobacteriia, and

Cytophagia

PETE, HDPE, PVC, LDPE,

PP, PS

Coast of Bocas del Toro; sea surface

V4–V5 16S

rRNA

sequencing

[80]

Bacteroidetes, Firmicutes, Proteobacteria,

and Cyanobacteria

–

Hikine Island, Japan

V4–V5 16S

rRNA

sequencing

[81]

Proteobacteria, Bacteroidetes and

Cyanobacteria

–

Herzliya marina; surface

full 16S rRNA

sequencing

[70]

Alphaproteobacteria, Gammaproteobacteria and Bacteroidia

PE

Offshore of Yantai, China

V4 16S rRNA

sequencing

[82]

Alcanivorax, Marinobacter and Arenibacter genera

–

Mediterranean Sea; surface and sediment

V3-V4 16S

rRNA

[83]

Actinobacteria, Cyanobacteria and Proteobacteria

–

East China Sea; deep water

V5–V6 16S

rRNA

sequencing

[84]

Erythrobacteraceae, Cyanobacteria, and Rhodobacteraceae

PE, PP, PS

East China Sea; surface

V3-V4 16S

rRNA

sequencing

[85]

Planctomyces, Pirellula, Pseudomonas, Ilumatobacter, Synechococcus, and Blastopirellula

PE, PET

Arabian Sea; surface

V4 16S rRNA

sequencing

[86]

Planctomycetacia, Proteobacteria, Nitrospira, Caldilineae, and Acidimicrobiia

PE, PP, PS,

PET, PLA

North Sea, Germany; surface

V3-V4 16S

rRNA

sequencing

[87]

Alphaproteobacteria, Cyanobacteria, Flavobacteria and Gammaproteobacteria

–

Mediterranean Sea; surface

V3-V5 16S

rRNA

sequencing

[88]

Alphaproteobacteria, Cyanobacteria, Flavobacteria, and Actinobacteria

PE

Mediterranean Sea; surface

V3-V5 16S

rRNA

sequencing

[89]

Rhodobacterales, Streptomycetales, Rhizobiales, and Cyanobacteria

North Atlantic subtropical

gyre; seafloor

V4 16S rRNA

sequencing

[90]

Alphaproteobacteria and Gammaproteobacteria

PE

North Sea; seafloor

V3–V4 16S

rRNA

[71]

Cryomorphaceae, Flavobacteriaceae, Saprospiraceae

PET

North Sea; surface

V4 16S rRNA

sequencing

[91]

Bryozoa, Alphaproteobacteria, Cyanobacteria, and Bacteroidetes

–

North Pacific subtropical

Gyre; surface

Metagenomic

sequencing

[92]