mSphere (Jun 2021)
Cross-Hemisphere Study Reveals Geographically Ubiquitous, Plastic-Specific Bacteria Emerging from the Rare and Unexplored Biosphere
- Brittan S. Scales,
- Rachel N. Cable,
- Melissa B. Duhaime,
- Gunnar Gerdts,
- Franziska Fischer,
- Dieter Fischer,
- Stephanie Mothes,
- Lisa Hintzki,
- Lynn Moldaenke,
- Matthias Ruwe,
- Jörn Kalinowski,
- Bernd Kreikemeyer,
- Maria-Luiza Pedrotti,
- Gaby Gorsky,
- Amanda Elineau,
- Matthias Labrenz,
- Sonja Oberbeckmann
Affiliations
- Brittan S. Scales
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- Leibniz Institute for Baltic Sea Research Warnemuende, Biological Oceanography, Rostock, Germany
- Rachel N. Cable
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- Department of Ecology and Evolutionary Biology, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, Michigan, USA
- Melissa B. Duhaime
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- Department of Ecology and Evolutionary Biology, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, Michigan, USA
- Gunnar Gerdts
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- Department of Microbial Ecology, Biologische Anstalt Helgoland, Alfred Wegener Institute Helmholtz Center for Polar and Marine Research, Helgoland, Germany
- Franziska Fischer
- Leibniz Institute of Polymer Research Dresden, Dresden, Germany
- Dieter Fischer
- Leibniz Institute of Polymer Research Dresden, Dresden, Germany
- Stephanie Mothes
- Leibniz Institute for Baltic Sea Research Warnemuende, Biological Oceanography, Rostock, Germany
- Lisa Hintzki
- Microbial Genomics and Biotechnology, Center for Biotechnology, Bielefeld University, Bielefeld, Germany
- Lynn Moldaenke
- Microbial Genomics and Biotechnology, Center for Biotechnology, Bielefeld University, Bielefeld, Germany
- Matthias Ruwe
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- Microbial Genomics and Biotechnology, Center for Biotechnology, Bielefeld University, Bielefeld, Germany
- Jörn Kalinowski
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- Microbial Genomics and Biotechnology, Center for Biotechnology, Bielefeld University, Bielefeld, Germany
- Bernd Kreikemeyer
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- Institute of Medical Microbiology, Virology and Hygiene, University Medicine Rostock, Rostock, Germany
- Maria-Luiza Pedrotti
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- Sorbonne Université, CNRS, Laboratoire d’Océanographie de Villefranche, UMR 7093 LOV, Villefranche-sur-Mer, France
- Gaby Gorsky
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- Sorbonne Université, CNRS, Laboratoire d’Océanographie de Villefranche, UMR 7093 LOV, Villefranche-sur-Mer, France
- Amanda Elineau
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- Sorbonne Université, CNRS, Laboratoire d’Océanographie de Villefranche, UMR 7093 LOV, Villefranche-sur-Mer, France
- Matthias Labrenz
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- Leibniz Institute for Baltic Sea Research Warnemuende, Biological Oceanography, Rostock, Germany
- Sonja Oberbeckmann
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- Leibniz Institute for Baltic Sea Research Warnemuende, Biological Oceanography, Rostock, Germany
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.1128/mSphere.00851-20
- Journal volume & issue
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Vol. 6,
no. 3
Abstract
This study represents one of the largest comparisons of biofilms from environmentally sampled plastic and nonplastic particles from aquatic environments. By including particles sampled through three separate campaigns in the Baltic, Sargasso, and Mediterranean seas, we were able to make cross-geographical comparisons and discovered common taxonomical signatures that define the plastic biofilm.
