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Table 2 Plastisphere associated fungal and phototroph species

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

Fungal species

Type of plastic

Study area

Method

References

Achnanathes, Amphora, Navicula,

Nitzschia, Aneumastus, Rhaphoneis,

Cylindrotheca, and Ochrophyta

PE

Herzliya marina; surface

18S rRNA and tufA

[70]

Pleosporales

PE

Herzliya marina; surface

ITS

[70]

Cladosporium, Aspergillus, and

Wallemia

PE, PA, PU, PP, PS

western South Atlantic and Antarctic Peninsula; surface

V9, V4 18S rRNA and ITS2

[93]

Diatoms, Dinoflagellates, red, green,

and brown algae

PETE, HDPE, PVC,

LDPE, PP, PS

Coast of Bocas del Toro; surface

V4 18S rRNA

sequencing

[80]

Rhizidiomyces, Chytridium, and

Pythium

PE, PS

Baltic Sea; surface

V4 18S rRNA sequencing

[94]

Haptophyta, Cryptophyceae, and

Chloroplastida

PE, PS

Baltic Sea; surface

V4 18S rRNA sequencing

[94]

Archaeplastida

East China Sea; deepwater

V4 18S rRNA sequencing

[84]

Chytridiomycetes

PE, PP, PS, PET, PLA

North Sea, Germany

V4 18S rRNA sequencing

[87]

Cryptomycota, Chytridiomycota, and

Ascomycota

PE, PS

Baltic Sea; surface

V4 18S rRNA sequencing

[95]

Paramoeba aestuarina, Pleurobrachia pileus,

Paramoeba permaquidensis, Sagartia elegans,

Sugiura chengshanense, and Rhizostoma pulmo

PE

Belgian part of the North Sea; seafloor

ITS2

[71]

Bacillariophytina, Coscinodiscophytina

PET

North Sea; surface

V9 18S rRNA sequencing

[91]