While not significant, there is an increasing trend in Flavobacterium abundance for the larvae exposed to PE fibers; thus, this could indicate a low chronic oxidative stress level in the organism, further corroborated by an observed oxidative stress response in correlation to polystyrene exposure ( Feng et al., 2020 ).
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A Holistic Assessment of Polyethylene Fiber Ingestion in Larval and Juvenile Japanese Medaka Fish.
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