Journal: Biofilm

Article Title: Microplastics as active modulators of Escherichia coli biofilm characteristics and their implications on the development of antimicrobial resistance

doi: 10.1016/j.bioflm.2026.100355

Figure Lengend Snippet: Antibiotic susceptibility of biofilms exposed to ciprofloxacin for 24 h . (a) C-biofilms at 100, 200, and 250 μg/mL, (b) C-, G-, and MP-biofilm viability at 250 μg/mL, (c) Respective CLSM projected z-stacks of biofilms. (d) MP- and G-biofilms at varying concentrations of 300 and 350 μg/mL of ciprofloxacin. Green fluorescence denotes live E. coli cells and red indicates dead cells from exposure to ciprofloxacin. (For interpretation of the references to colour in this figure legend, the reader is referred to the Web version of this article.)

Article Snippet: After growth, ciprofloxacin hydrochloride (MP Biomedicals, USA) was added to the media at varying concentrations between 50 and 350 μg/mL.

Techniques: Fluorescence

Journal: Biofilm

Article Title: Microplastics as active modulators of Escherichia coli biofilm characteristics and their implications on the development of antimicrobial resistance

doi: 10.1016/j.bioflm.2026.100355

Figure Lengend Snippet: Effect of MP concentration and weight/density factors on antibiotic susceptibility. Varying concentrations of ciprofloxacin with different concentrations of microplastics (100 and 10 beads/μL) and different compositions of microbeads (polystyrene, glass, and hollow glass).

Article Snippet: After growth, ciprofloxacin hydrochloride (MP Biomedicals, USA) was added to the media at varying concentrations between 50 and 350 μg/mL.

Techniques: Concentration Assay