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Rice University

MICROPLASTIC

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A fluorescent microscopy image shows phages adsorbed by microplastics. Rice University researchers and their colleagues found that chemical-leaching plastics draw bacteria and other vectors and make them susceptible to antibiotic resistant genes.

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Alvarez Research Lab/Rice University

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