Bacterial-microplastic interaction can affect disinfection efficiency of methods routinely used in the food industry

High abundance of microplastics in the environment and its potential dangers have been an increasingly emerging topic in the last decade. Thus far, research on microplastics has focused mainly on water systems, sewage, and soil, where they have been described as additional surfaces and vectors for microorganism growth and transmission. In our study we hypothesized that microplastics play a role...