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including microplastics in environmental sustainability assessment. Sci Total Environ
652:483–494
Horton AA, Walton A, Spurgeon DJ, Lahive E, Svendsen C (2017) Microplastics in freshwater and
terrestrial environments: evaluating the current understanding to identify the knowledge gaps
and future research priorities. Sci Total Environ 586:127–141
Howard GT, Norton WN, Burks T (2012) Growth of Acinetobacter gerneri P7 on polyurethane and
the purification and characterization of a polyurethane enzyme. Biodegradation 23:561–573
Isobe A, Uchiyama-Matsumoto K, Uchida K, Tokai T (2017) Microplastics in Southern Ocean. Mar
Pollut Bull 114(1):623–626
Jambeck JR, Geyer R, Wilcox C, Siegler TR, Perryman M, Andrady A, Narayan R, Law KL (2015)
Plastic waste inputs from land into the ocean. Science 347(6223):768–771. https://doi.org/10.
1017/CBO9781107415386.010
Kale SK, Deshmukh AG, Dudhare MS, Patil VB (2015) Microbial degradation of plastic: a review.
J Biochem Technol 6(2):952–961
Karlsson TM, Vethaak AD, Almroth BC, Ariese F, Velzen MV, Hassellov M, Leslie HA (2017)
Screening for microplastics in sediment, water, marine invertebrates and fish: method development and microplastic accumulation. Mar Pollut Bull 122:403–408
Kim JS, Lee HJ, Kim SK, Kim HJ (2018) Global pattern of microplastics (MPs) in commercial
food-grade salts: sea salt as an Indicator of seawater MP pollution. Environ Sci Technol
52:12819–12828. https://doi.org/10.1021/acs.est.8b04180
Lamichhane G (2018) Analysis of microfibers in waste water from washing machines, Metropolia
University of Applied Sciences. https://www.theseus.fi/bitstream/handle/10024/141278/
Li J, Liu H, Paul Chen J (2018) Microplastics in freshwater systems: a review on occurrence,
environmental effects, and methods for microplastics detection. Water Res 137:362–374.
https://doi.org/10.1016/j.watres.2017.12.056
Lusher A, Hollman P, Mendoza-Hill J (2017) Microplastics in fisheries and aquaculture: status of
knowledge on their occurrence and implications for aquatic organisms and food safety, FAO
fisheries and aquaculture technical paper: 615. FAO, Rome
Magnusson K, Norén F (2014) Screening of microplastic particles in and down-stream a wastewater
treatment plant. Swedish Environmental Protection Agency
Marklund A, Andersson B, Haglund P (2003) Screening of organophosphorus compounds and their
distribution in various indoor environments. Chemosphere 53:1137–1146
Mason SA, Garneau D, Sutton R, Chu Y, Ehmann K, Barnes J, Fink P, Papazissimos D, Rogers DL
(2016a) Microplastic pollution is widely detected in US municipal wastewater treatment plant
effluent. Environ Pollut 218:1045–1054
Mason SA, Garneau D, Sutton R, Chu Y, Ehmann K, Barnes J, Rogers DL (2016b) Microplastic
pollution is widely detected in US municipal wastewater treatment plant effluent. Environ Pollut
218:1045–1054
Messinger L (2016) How your clothes are poisoning our oceans and food supply. The Guardian
(US Ed.). Sect: Environment. https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2016/jun/20/
microfibers-plastic-pollution-oceans-patagonia-synthetic-clothesmicro beads
Mintenig SM, Int-Veena I, Lodera MGJ, Primpkea S, Gerdtsa G (2017) Identification of
microplastic in effluents of waste water treatment plants, using focal plane array-based microFourier-transform infrared imaging. Water Res 108:365–372
Mintenig SM et al (2019) Low numbers of microplastics detected in drinking water from ground
water sources. Sci Total Environ 648:631–5. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.scitotenv.2018.08.178
Mishra S, Rath CC, Das AP (2019) Marine microfiber pollution: a review on present status and
future challenges. Mar Pollut Bull 140:188–197
Mohanty S, Ghosh S, Bal B, Das AP (2018) A review of biotechnology processes applied for
manganese recovery from wastes. Rev Environ Sci Biotechnol 17:791–811
Murphy F, Ewins C, Carbonnier F, Quinn B (2016) Wastewater treatment works (WwTW) as a
source of microplastics in the aquatic environment. Environ Sci Technol 50:5800–5808
264
S. Mishra et al.