Polyethylene microplastic pollution drives quorum sensing-mediated enrichment of rhizosphere pathogens, resistance genes, and virulence factors genes
Weijie Jin, Yubao Zhang, Xuesi Su, Yan Li, Sailing Jing, Ruoyu Wang, Yang Qiu, Xiaofan Xie, Zhihong Guo, Xia Zhao
Topics & Concepts
Quorum sensingRhizosphereVirulenceMicroplasticsBiologyMobile genetic elementsGeneMicrobiologyAdaptation (eye)Microbial population biologyResistance (ecology)Host (biology)PhyllosphereBacteriaHost adaptationAntibiotic resistanceMicroorganismHuman pathogenResistomeBiotechnologyEffluxEnvironmental pollutionAntibiosisExtreme environmentMicrobial geneticsMicroplastics and Plastic PollutionPharmaceutical and Antibiotic Environmental ImpactsBacterial biofilms and quorum sensing