Recent approaches and advanced wastewater treatment technologies for mitigating emerging microplastics contamination–A critical review

RY Krishnan, S Manikandan, R Subbaiya… - Science of the Total …, 2023 - Elsevier
Microplastics have been identified as an emerging pollutant due to their irrefutable
prevalence in air, soil, and particularly, the aquatic ecosystem. Wastewater treatment plants …

Interaction of microplastics with antibiotics in aquatic environment: distribution, adsorption, and toxicity

Y Wang, Y Yang, X Liu, J Zhao, R Liu… - Environmental science & …, 2021 - ACS Publications
As two major types of pollutants of emerging concerns, microplastics (MPs) and antibiotics
(ATs) coexist in aquatic environments, and their interactions are a source of increasing …

Microplastic pollution: Understanding microbial degradation and strategies for pollutant reduction

R Jain, A Gaur, R Suravajhala, U Chauhan… - Science of The Total …, 2023 - Elsevier
Microplastics are ubiquitous environmental pollutants with the potential for adverse impacts
on ecosystems and human health. These particles originate from the fragmentation of larger …

A review of biodegradable plastics to biodegradable microplastics: another ecological threat to soil environments?

M Qin, C Chen, B Song, M Shen, W Cao, H Yang… - Journal of Cleaner …, 2021 - Elsevier
Biodegradable plastics attract public attention as promising substitute for non-degradable
plastics that trigger serious plastic pollution, and they are claimed to be environmentally …

[HTML][HTML] Biofilm formation and its implications on the properties and fate of microplastics in aquatic environments: a review

P Sooriyakumar, N Bolan, M Kumar, L Singh… - Journal of Hazardous …, 2022 - Elsevier
Particulate plastic fragments (micro and nano-plastics) in aquatic environments provide
abundant solid substrates, which serve as an important habitat for a variety of …

Microplastics in the environment: Interactions with microbes and chemical contaminants

FK Mammo, ID Amoah, KM Gani, L Pillay… - Science of the Total …, 2020 - Elsevier
Microplastics (MPs) are contaminants of emerging concern that have gained considerable
attention during the last few decades due to their adverse impact on living organisms and …

Interactions of microplastics and antibiotic resistance genes and their effects on the aquaculture environments

H Dong, Y Chen, J Wang, Y Zhang, P Zhang… - Journal of hazardous …, 2021 - Elsevier
Microplastics (MPs) and antibiotic resistance genes (ARGs) have become the increasing
attention and global research hotpots due to their unique ecological and environmental …

Evidence of selective enrichment of bacterial assemblages and antibiotic resistant genes by microplastics in urban rivers

J Wang, X Qin, J Guo, W Jia, Q Wang, M Zhang… - Water Research, 2020 - Elsevier
The ubiquitous presence of microplastics in aquatic environments has recently drawn
considerable attention due to their potential threat to the entire ecosystem. The colonization …

Effects of microplastics on greenhouse gas emissions and the microbial community in fertilized soil

X Ren, J Tang, X Liu, Q Liu - Environmental Pollution, 2020 - Elsevier
Microplastics (MPs) are characterized by small particle sizes (< 5 mm) and are widely
distributed in the soil environment. To date, little research has been conducted on …

Ecotoxicological effects of microplastics on biota: a review

S Anbumani, P Kakkar - Environmental Science and Pollution Research, 2018 - Springer
The ubiquitous presence of microplastics in the environment has drawn the attention of
ecotoxicologists on its safety and toxicity. Sources of microplastics in the environment …