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Sep 2026
Riverine plastic litter restructures microbial vitamin B12 metabolism and generates functional heterogeneity
Rivers transport most land-derived plastic waste to the ocean, yet how this reshapes microbial metabolic potential remains poorly resolved. We characterized plastisphere and water-column communities across 14 stations along the River Rhine, integrating ATR-FTIR polymer characterization, 16S/18S rRNA amplicon profiles,...
Priscilla Carrillo-Barragán, E. Zettler, Sebastian Rieder et al.
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