Update on Microplastics in the Food Chain
A special issue of Life (ISSN 2075-1729). This special issue belongs to the section "Microbiology".
Deadline for manuscript submissions: closed (15 January 2024) | Viewed by 6663
Special Issue Editors
Interests: environmental and food microbiology; antibiotic resistance; molecular biology
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Interests: biology; environmental studies; biochemistry; cytology; nutrition; comparative toxicology
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Dear Colleagues,
Microplastics in the environment represent a new type of pollutant. It is known that microplastics can play the role of carrier for various drugs, biocides, and metals, but they can also carry microorganisms. At the same time, it has been shown that the close interaction between chemical contaminants and bacteria on microplastics can facilitate the horizontal transfer of resistance genes, thereby accelerating and spreading microbial resistance to antibiotics. The presence of microplastics in the environment, as well as the spread of antibiotic-resistant bacteria, represents an ongoing problem for many societies.
In this Special Issue, we seek to cover the mapping of microplastics in the food chain. Thus, contributions addressing the latest methodological proposals, procedures, and methods concerning microplastics, from their source in wastewater, through the food chain, to humans themselves, are welcome. Papers discussing antibiotic resistance in model bacteria will also be accepted.
Dr. Lucia Bírošová
Dr. Martina Valachovičová
Guest Editors
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Keywords
- microplastics
- biochemistry
- food microbiology
- environmental microbiology
- molecular biology
- the food chain
- antibiotic resistance
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