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Suspended particulate matter (SPM) in Thermaikos Gulf, Greece, 2004. Scanning electron microscope (SEM) backscattered images of SPM collected on a membrane filter (pore size 0.4 μm). Diatoms Chaetoceros spp. can be identified.

Kostas Tsobanoglou on Wikimedia Commons

Unlike bacteria, diatoms are picky about microplastics

And that could affect how quickly different types of these tiny plastic particles are degraded

Lauren Sara McKee