{"id":684667,"date":"2021-03-19T18:39:36","date_gmt":"2021-03-19T22:39:36","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/spaceweekly.com\/?p=684667"},"modified":"2021-03-19T18:39:36","modified_gmt":"2021-03-19T22:39:36","slug":"how-our-microplastic-waste-becomes-hubs-for-pathogens-antibiotic-resistant-bacteria","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/spaceweekly.com\/?p=684667","title":{"rendered":"How our microplastic waste becomes &#039;hubs&#039; for pathogens, antibiotic-resistant bacteria"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Researchers have shown that ubiquitous microplastics can become &#8216;hubs&#8217; for antibiotic-resistant bacteria and pathogens to grow once they wash down household drains and enter wastewater treatment plants &#8212; forming a slimy layer of buildup, or biofilm, on their surface that allows pathogenic microorganisms and antibiotic waste to attach and comingle.&#013;<br \/>\n&#013;<br \/>\n&#013;<br \/>\n Click here for original story, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.sciencedaily.com\/releases\/2021\/03\/210319183936.htm\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener noreferrer\">How our microplastic waste becomes &#8216;hubs&#8217; for pathogens, antibiotic-resistant bacteria<\/a>&#013;<br \/>\n&#013;<br \/>\n&#013;<br \/>\nSource: ScienceDaily&#013;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Researchers have shown that ubiquitous microplastics can become &#8216;hubs&#8217; for antibiotic-resistant bacteria and pathogens to grow once they wash down household drains and enter wastewater treatment plants &#8212; forming a&hellip; <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":615444,"comment_status":"false","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[13],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-684667","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-genaero"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/spaceweekly.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/684667","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/spaceweekly.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/spaceweekly.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/spaceweekly.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/spaceweekly.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=684667"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/spaceweekly.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/684667\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/spaceweekly.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/615444"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/spaceweekly.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=684667"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/spaceweekly.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=684667"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/spaceweekly.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=684667"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}