Figure 1From: Rapid bacterial colonization of low-density polyethylene microplastics in coastal sediment microcosms Scanning electron micrographs showing prokaryotic attachment on LDPE microplastics. Images were taken of LDPE fragments sampled from microcosm experiments containing coastal marine sediment from three sites: SP1 (a and b), SP2 (c and d) and WB (e and f) at Spurn Point, UK, sampled either immediately or after 14 days (left-hand and right-hand panels, respectively). The scale bars are 5 μM.Back to article page