使用基于DNA的稳定同位素探测,识别降解被吸收到聚乙烯纳米塑料的氨酸细菌群落,使用基于DNA的稳定同位素探测

Stephen Summers1,2,3, Mohammad Sufian Bin-Hudari4, Clayton Magill5

  • 1Institute of Mechanical, Process and Energy Engineering (IMPEE), School of Engineering and Physical Sciences, Heriot-Watt University, Edinburgh, EH14 4AS, UK.

Scientific reports
|March 3, 2024
PubMed
概括

海洋纳米塑料上的微生物群落与周围的海水不同. DNA稳定同位素探测发现了能够降解碳化合物污染物的细菌,这些污染物被吸收到聚乙烯纳米塑料中.

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