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Figure 5

From: Rapid bacterial colonization of low-density polyethylene microplastics in coastal sediment microcosms

Figure 5

Taxonomic composition and relative abundance (%) of LDPE microplastic-associated bacterial assemblages. Clone libraries were generated following PCR amplification of bacterial 16S rRNA genes amplified from DNA isolated from LDPE fragments sampled after 14 days from sediment-LDPE microcosms from three sampling sites (SP1, SP2 and WB, as indicated). Clones were assigned to operational taxonomic units (OTUs) based on a similarity cut-off threshold of 99%, with numbers of individual OTUs within each taxon indicated.

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