Scientists Discover Thriving Colonies of Microbes in Ocean 'Plastisphere'

olivierdylan 2013-06-28

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Scientists have discovered a diverse multitude of microbes colonizing and thriving on flecks of plastic that have polluted the oceans -- a vast new human-made flotilla of microbial communities that they have dubbed the "plastisphere."
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