00000caa a22000003i 4500 UP-1685594773862408677 Buklod 20210407213757.0 m | | ta 210407s2020 xx r |||| u|eng d (iLib)UPBAG-00039679838 STII-DOST BAG rda eng ARTICLE-3007 Onda, Deo Florence L. author. Marine microbes and plastic debris research status and opportunities in the Philippines [Review article] by Deo Florence L. Onda, Norchel Corcia F. Gomez, Daniel John E. Purganan, Mark Paulo S. Tolentino, Justine Marey S. Bitalac, Jahannah Victoria M. Calpito, Jose Nickolo O. Perez, and Alvin Claine A. Viernes. 2020. pages 71-82 color illustration 26 cm text rdacontent unmediated rdamedia volume rdacarrier Includes bibliographical references (pages 78-82) Marine plastics have been shown to affect all organisms across the trophic levels including the microbial communities, influencing their community assembly, composition, metabolic processes, and ecosystem functions. Thus, studying plastic-microbe interactions in the marine environment is important in understanding its implications alongside the growing issue of plastic pollution. The Philippines, despite being suggested as the third-largest contributor to marine plastic debris, currently does not have any existing national research programs on basic plastics research, resulting in our limited understanding of the extent and implications in the country. This paper then reviews the current status and knowledge of the plastic-microbe association focusing on how plastic surfaces serve as a new environment for marine microbes, how this system could become dispersal mechanisms of unwanted microorganisms, and how microbes possibly contribute to the biodegradation of plastics in the marine environment. These also translate to possible research opportunities for Filipino scientists to work on the topic. (Author's abstract) Biology. Biodegradation. Dangerous hitchhikers. Microbes. Microbial succession. Plastic pollution. Plastics. Viernes, Alvin Claine A. author. Perez, Jose Nickolo O. author. Calpito, Jahannah Victoria M. author. Bitalac, Justine Marey S. author. Tolentino, Mark Paulo S. author. Purganan, Daniel John E. author. Gomez, Norchel Corcia F. author. The Philippine Journal of Science Vol. 149, no. 1, March 2020. Request full-text access via UPB University Library through https://forms.gle/KZjBv7aRtY6jiL5E9 (viewed 07 April 2021) FI UPBAG UPBAG-MAIN ARTICLE-3007 Analytics