The ecology of the plastisphere Raw sequence reads. The ecology of the plastisphere_Changchao Li

In this study, to better understand the impact of microplastic pollution and to explore the plastisphere ecology, we investigated microbial communities in the plastisphere and the corresponding aquatic environments in freshwater and seawater ecosystems. The objectives of this study were to address the following questions: (1) What is the difference between the composition and functions of microbial community in the plastisphere and the corresponding aquatic environment? (2) What factors shape the plastisphere microbial community? And is niche-based (deterministic) process or neutral-based (stochastic) process more important in the plastisphere microbial community assembly? (3) What are the patterns and mechanisms of interaction networks between microorganisms in the plastisphere?