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Illustration of the potential impact of plastic in the regulatory role of carbon and nutrient cycles played by bacteria via the microbial loop. Dissolve (DOM) and particulate (POM) organic matter originated from the linear trophic chain is returned to higher trophic levels via its incorporation in bacterial biomass.
