New publication in PLoS ONE: The composition of bacterial communities associated with plastic biofilms

Publication

Maria Pinto together with Teresa M. Langer, Thorsten Hüffer, Thilo Hofmann and Gerhard J. Herndl published a paper on microplastics fate in marine systems. Once in the ocean, plastics are rapidly colonized by complex microbial communities. Factors affecting the development and composition of these communities are still poorly understood.