Laboratory Plasticware Induces Expression of a Bacterial Virulence Factor

descriptionPublicationkeyboard_double_arrow_right Article 26 Oct 2022 English Publisher:American Society for MicrobiologyJournal:mSphere, volume 7 (eissn: 2379-5042,

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Authors: Philipp Hansen; Kristine von Bargen; Alexandra Jünger-Leif; Albert Haas;

doi: 10.1128/msphere.00311-22

pmid: 35993764

pmc: PMC9599451

Laboratory Plasticware Induces Expression of a Bacterial Virulence Factor

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Abstract

Millions of tons small plastic pieces (microplastic) find their way into the environment every year. They pose digestive and toxicity problems to various life forms in soil, freshwater, and seawater.

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Virulence Factors, Microplastics, Gene Expression Regulation, Bacterial, Microbiology, QR1-502, virulence, Soil, Bacterial Proteins, gene expression, Rhodococcus, pollution, Humans, RNA, Messenger, microplastic, Plastics, pathogen, Research Article, Plasmids

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