Do microplastics influence the long-term effects of ciprofloxacin on the polychaete Hediste diversicolor? An integrated behavioral and biochemical approach

AM Araújo, H Ringeard, B Nunes - Environmental Toxicology and …, 2023 - Elsevier
Ciprofloxacin (CPX), the most commonly used fluoroquinolone antibiotic, and microplastics
(MPs) are two classes of emerging contaminants with severe adverse impacts on aquatic …

Effects of low levels of the antibiotic ciprofloxacin on the polychaete Hediste diversicolor: biochemical and behavioural effects

AF Nogueira, B Nunes - Environmental Toxicology and Pharmacology, 2020 - Elsevier
The release of pharmaceutical chemicals in the biosphere can have unpredictable
ecological consequences, and knowledge concerning their putative toxic effects is still …

The Role of Life Stages in the Sensitivity of Hediste diversicolor to Nanoplastics: A Case Study with Poly(Methyl)Methacrylate (PMMA)

B Neves, M Oliveira, C Frazão, M Almeida, RJB Pinto… - Toxics, 2024 - mdpi.com
The presence of plastic particles in oceans has been recognized as a major environmental
concern. The decrease in particle size increases their ability to directly interact with biota …

Single and combined effects of microplastics, pyrethroid and food resources on the life-history traits and microbiome of Chironomus riparius

JE Varg, W Kunce, D Outomuro, R Svanbäck… - Environmental …, 2021 - Elsevier
There is growing evidence of widespread contamination of freshwater ecosystems with
microplastics. However, the effects of chronic microplastic ingestion and its interaction with …

Gut microbiota related response of Oryzias melastigma to combined exposure of polystyrene microplastics and tetracycline

P Zhao, W Lu, RD Avellán-Llaguno, X Liao, G Ye… - Science of The Total …, 2023 - Elsevier
The co-existence of microplastics (MPs) and antibiotics in the coastal environment poses a
combined ecological risk. Single toxic effects of MPs or antibiotics on aquatic organisms …

Joint effects of micro-sized polystyrene and chlorpyrifos on zebrafish based on multiple endpoints and gut microbial effects

Z Huang, X Xiao, D Wang, Y Zhong, Q Ding… - Journal of Environmental …, 2023 - Elsevier
Microplastics often co-occur with a variety of organic contaminants in aquatic environment
and pose combined risks to aquatic wildlife. Here, we investigated joint effects of micro-sized …

Size-dominated biotoxicity of microplastics laden with benzophenone-3 and ciprofloxacin: Enhanced integrated biomarker evaluation on mussels

J Li, MC Jong, KYH Gin, Y He - Environmental Pollution, 2023 - Elsevier
Microplastics (MPs) are emerging pollutants with diverse sizes in aquatic environments. This
paper investigates the toxicity of micron-and nano-scale polystyrene (50 μm, 5 μm, 0.5 μm) …

Microplastics and co-pollutant with ciprofloxacin affect interactions between free-floating macrophytes

H Mao, H Yang, Z Xu, Y Yang, X Zhang, F Huang… - Environmental …, 2023 - Elsevier
Microplastic and antibiotic contamination are considered an increasing environmental
problem in aquatic systems, while little is known about the impact of microplastics and co …

Effect of microplastics on aquatic biota: A hormetic perspective

T Sun, J Zhan, F Li, C Ji, H Wu - Environmental Pollution, 2021 - Elsevier
As emerging pollutants, microplastics (MPs) have been found globally in various freshwater
and marine matrices. This study recompiled 270 endpoints of 3765 individuals from 43 …

When antibiotics encounter microplastics in aquatic environments: Interaction, combined toxicity, and risk assessments

Y Zhang, X Xu, J Xu, Z Li, L Cheng, J Fu, W Sun… - Science of The Total …, 2024 - Elsevier
Antibiotics and microplastics (MPs), known as emerging pollutants, are bound to coexist in
aquatic environments due to their widespread distribution and prolonged persistence. To …