Summary
Researchers at Boston University have found that microplastics (MPs) provide an ideal platform for bacteria to form biofilmsdensely packed microbial communities that are more resistant to antibiotics. Their study shows that Escherichia coli bacteria exposed to MPs developed resistance to multiple antibiotics at alarmingly high rates.
Source: ZME Science on MSN.com
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