Bacterial sulfidogenic community from the surface of technogenic materials in vitro: composition and biofilm formation

Some Microbiological Characteristics of the Biofilm on the Surface of Pre-Production Pellets of Polypropylene Microplastics after Short Exposure in Soil

“…Samples of the materials were taken from the soil, washed with a sterile physiological solution of NaCl from the cells of microorganisms that did not attach to the surface, and then the biofilm was removed from the surface to determine the number of the indicated groups of microorganisms. The biofilms on the surfaces of quartz sand particles and polypropylene microplastics (pre-production pellets) were removed in a physiological NaCl solution by ultrasound (28 kHz) as described earlier [16].…”