Microalgae-based wastewater treatment–microalgae-bacteria consortia, multi-omics approaches and algal stress response

D Nagarajan, DJ Lee, S Varjani, SS Lam… - Science of the Total …, 2022 - Elsevier
Sustainable environmental management is one of the important aspects of sustainable
development goals. Increasing amounts of wastewaters (WW) from exponential economic …

Responses of individual and combined polystyrene and polymethyl methacrylate nanoplastics on hormonal content, fluorescence/photochemistry of chlorophylls and …

C Ozfidan-Konakci, E Yildiztugay, B Arikan… - Free Radical Biology …, 2023 - Elsevier
Nanoplastics alter the adverse impacts of hazardous contaminants such as heavy metals by
changing their adsorption and accumulation. Few findings are available on the interaction …

Single and combined effects of polystyrene nanoplastics and Cd on submerged plants Ceratophyllum demersum L.

Q Wang, L Meng, W Liu, A Zeb, R Shi, Y Lian… - Science of The Total …, 2023 - Elsevier
Nanoplastics (NPs) and heavy metals are widely distributed in aquatic ecosystem, posing a
potential threat to ecosystem function. Submerged macrophytes play an important role in …

[HTML][HTML] Tracking nanoplastics in freshwater microcosms and their impacts to aquatic organisms

M Tamayo-Belda, AV Pérez-Olivares… - Journal of Hazardous …, 2023 - Elsevier
In this work, we used palladium-doped polystyrene NPLs (PS-NPLs with a primary size of
286±4 nm) with an irregular surface morphology which allowed for particle tracking and …

Identification and toxicity towards aquatic primary producers of the smallest fractions released from hydrolytic degradation of polycaprolactone microplastics

M Tamayo-Belda, G Pulido-Reyes, M González-Pleiter… - Chemosphere, 2022 - Elsevier
Bioplastics are thought as a safe substitute of non-biodegradable polymers. However, once
released in the environment, biodegradation may be very slow, and they also suffer abiotic …

Effect of plastic pollution on freshwater flora: A meta-analysis approach to elucidate the factors influencing plant growth and biochemical markers

D Ghosh, A Sarkar, AG Basu, S Roy - Water Research, 2022 - Elsevier
The deterioration in the water quality of urban water bodies through plastic contamination is
emerging as a matter of serious concern. Microplastics (MPs) and nanoplastics (NPs) both …

Nanoplastic-induced biological effects in vivo and in vitro: An overview

H Xie, X Tian, X Lin, R Chen, S Hameed… - Reviews of …, 2023 - Springer
Nanoplastics (NPs) are emerging pollutants with great concern due to their small size and
potential adverse effects on living organisms. This review summarizes the biological effects …

Polystyrene nanoplastics and wastewater displayed antagonistic toxic effects due to the sorption of wastewater micropollutants

I Verdú, G Amariei, P Plaza-Bolaños, A Agüera… - Science of the Total …, 2022 - Elsevier
The knowledge about the interaction of nanoplastics with other aquatic pollutants and their
combined effects on biota is very scarce. In this work, we studied the interaction between …

Metabolic impacts of polystyrene microplastics on the freshwater microalga Microcystis aeruginosa

Y Fan, T Liu, X Qian, L Deng, W Rao, Q Zhang… - Science of The Total …, 2022 - Elsevier
Abstract Microplastics (plastic particles< 5 mm; MPs) are ubiquitous in aquatic environments
but their potential adverse ecological effects on biota remain poorly understood. This is in …

Single and combined exposure to micro (nano) plastics and azithromycin disturbing the photosynthetic carbon fixation of Synechocystis sp.

X You, M You, Y Lyu, G Peng, W Sun - Environmental Science: Nano, 2022 - pubs.rsc.org
Revealing the ecotoxicity of micro (nano) plastics (MNPs) and azithromycin (AZM) is of great
importance regarding their wide occurrence in aquatic environments. Herein, we …