Sequestration of polystyrene microplastics by jellyfish mucus

Lengar, Živa (avtor), Klun, Katja (avtor), Dogša, Iztok (avtor), Rotter, Ana (avtor), Stopar, David (avtor)

The worldwide microplastics pollution is a serious environmental and health problem that is currently not effectively mitigated. In this work we tested jellyfish mucus as a new bioflocculent material capable of sequestration of polystyrene microplastics in aqueous environments. Mucus material was collected from different jellyfish species and was used to trap fluorescently tagged polystyrene microspheres. The efficiency of removal was tested using varying concentrations of microplastics and mucus. The interaction between the microplastics and mucus was determined by viscosity measurements and confocal laser scanning microscopy. Different mucus preparation methods were also tested: freshly prepared, mechanically sheared, freeze-thawed, freeze-dried, and hydrolyzed mucus. The results demonstrate that jellyfish mucus can efficiently sequester polystyrene microplastics particles from the suspension. The fraction of the removed microplastics was highest with freshly prepared mucus and decreased with freeze-thawing and freeze-drying. The mucus ability to sequester microplastics was completely lost in the hydrolyzed mucus. The results imply that the intact jellyfish mucus has the potential to be used as a biopolymer capable of removing microplastics material.

• Jezik: Angleški jezik
• Ključne besede: jellyfish, mucus, microplastics, polystyrene, viscosity, microscopy
• Vrsta gradiva: Članek v reviji
• Tipologija: 1.01 - Izvirni znanstveni članek
• Organizacija: BF - Biotehniška fakulteta
• Status publikacije: Objavljeno
• Različica publikacije: Objavljena publikacija
• Leto izida: 2021
• Št. strani: 11 str.
• Številčenje: Vol. 8, article 690749
• PID: 20.500.12556/RUL-134192
• UDK: 504.5:593.7
• ISSN pri članku: 2296-7745
• DOI: 10.3389/fmars.2021.690749
• COBISS.SI-ID: 70901251
• Datum objave v RUL: 28.12.2021

Gradivo je del revije

• Naslov: Frontiers in marine science
• Skrajšan naslov: Front. mar. sci.
• Založnik: Frontiers Media
• ISSN: 2296-7745
• COBISS.SI-ID: 523094809

Licence

• Licenca: CC BY 4.0, Creative Commons Priznanje avtorstva 4.0 Mednarodna
• Povezava: http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/deed.sl
• Opis: To je standardna licenca Creative Commons, ki daje uporabnikom največ možnosti za nadaljnjo uporabo dela, pri čemer morajo navesti avtorja.
• Začetek licenciranja: 15.07.2021

Sekundarni jezik

• Jezik: Slovenski jezik
• Ključne besede: mikroplastika, polistiren, meduze, sluz, viskoznost, mikroskopija