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Micro- and nanoplastics facilitate the propagation of antimicrobial resistance in mixed microbial consortia

Zhen et al. show that micro-/nanoplastics increase antimicrobial resistance gene abundance and mobilization in mixed microbial consortia. Nanoplastics intensify oxidative stress and SOS responses and strengthen ARG-MGE co-localization, promoting dense horizontal gene transfer networks and turning plastisphere biofilms into resistance hotspots.

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