honor hargerMeet Maria-Luiza Pedrotti, an oceanographer pioneering the science of the “plastisphere”. She investigates the Great Pacific Garbage Patch and the unseen worlds of plastic-eating bacteria that live there.
On Waste Plastics at Sea, Maria-Luiza Pedrotti Finds Unique Microbial Multitudes
Biology, Q&A, microbiology, microbiome, ecology, bacteria, Maria-Luiza Pedrotti, Tara Expeditions Foundation, CNRS, National Center for Scientific Research, plastisphere, microbes, Great Pacific Garbage Patch, Pacific Ocean, Mediterranean Sea, Vibrio, cholera, pathogens, Leibniz Institute, biodegradable, North Atlantic Garbage Patch, Romain Trouble, plastics, Portland, Oregon, sea urchins, waste treatment, Mantas, genomic analysis, genomic sequencing, Genoscope, National Sequencing Center, polyethylene, polypropylene, plankton, plastic-plankton ratio, macroplastics, microplastics, cyanobacteria, polymers, marine biology, filter feeders, Germany, antibiotic resistance, Melanie Billaud, Nils Haentjens