Microplastic pollution and pathogens under micropscope (IMAGE)

University of California - Davis

Microplastic pollution and pathogens under micropscope

Caption

A. piece of microplastic fiber is shown under a microscope with biofilm (fuzzy blue) and T. gondii (blue dot) and giardia (green dot) pathogens.

Credit

Karen Shapiro, UC Davis

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