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Corami F, Rosso B, Roman M, Picone M, Gambaro A, Barbante C. Evidence of small microplastics (<100 μm) ingestion by Pacific oysters (Crassostrea gigas): A novel method of extraction, purification, and analysis using Micro-FTIR. Mar Pollut Bull 2020; 160:111606. [PMID: 32905909 DOI: 10.1016/j.marpolbul.2020.111606] [Citation(s) in RCA: 10] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/07/2020] [Revised: 08/22/2020] [Accepted: 08/24/2020] [Indexed: 06/11/2023]
Abstract
Microplastics (MPs) are present in fresh, brackish, or marine waters. Micro- and macroinvertebrates can mistake MPs or small microplastics (SMPs, <100 μm) to be food particles and easily ingest them according to the size of their mouthparts. SMPs may then block the passage of food through the intestinal tract (i.e. hepatopancreas), accumulate within the organism, and enter the food web. Pacific oysters (Crassostrea gigas) are allochthonous filter-feeding bivalve mollusks, which have been introduced in coastal seas around the world in both natural banks and farms. Considering their economic and ecological value, these bivalves have been chosen as a model to study the ingestion of SMPs. A novel method for the extraction and purification of SMPs in bivalves was developed. Quantification and simultaneous polymer identification of SMPs using Micro-FTIR (Fourier Transform Infrared Spectroscopy) were performed, with a limit of detection for the particle size of 5 μm.
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- F Corami
- Institute of Polar Sciences, CNR-ISP, Campus Scientifico - Ca' Foscari University of Venice, Via Torino, 155, 30172 Venezia-Mestre, Italy; Department of Environmental Sciences, Informatics and Statistics, Ca' Foscari University of Venice, Via Torino, 155, 30172 Venezia-Mestre, Italy.
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- Department of Environmental Sciences, Informatics and Statistics, Ca' Foscari University of Venice, Via Torino, 155, 30172 Venezia-Mestre, Italy.
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- Department of Environmental Sciences, Informatics and Statistics, Ca' Foscari University of Venice, Via Torino, 155, 30172 Venezia-Mestre, Italy.
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- Department of Environmental Sciences, Informatics and Statistics, Ca' Foscari University of Venice, Via Torino, 155, 30172 Venezia-Mestre, Italy.
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- Department of Environmental Sciences, Informatics and Statistics, Ca' Foscari University of Venice, Via Torino, 155, 30172 Venezia-Mestre, Italy.
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- Institute of Polar Sciences, CNR-ISP, Campus Scientifico - Ca' Foscari University of Venice, Via Torino, 155, 30172 Venezia-Mestre, Italy; Department of Environmental Sciences, Informatics and Statistics, Ca' Foscari University of Venice, Via Torino, 155, 30172 Venezia-Mestre, Italy.
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Moschino V, Riccato F, Fiorin R, Nesto N, Picone M, Boldrin A, Da Ros L. Is derelict fishing gear impacting the biodiversity of the Northern Adriatic Sea? An answer from unique biogenic reefs. Sci Total Environ 2019; 663:387-399. [PMID: 30716629 DOI: 10.1016/j.scitotenv.2019.01.363] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/31/2018] [Revised: 01/25/2019] [Accepted: 01/27/2019] [Indexed: 06/09/2023]
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- V Moschino
- Institute of Marine Sciences (ISMAR), CNR, Arsenale Tesa 104, Castello, 2737/F, 30122 Venice, Italy.
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- Laguna Project snc, Castello, 6411, 30122 Venice, Italy
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- Laguna Project snc, Castello, 6411, 30122 Venice, Italy
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- Institute of Marine Sciences (ISMAR), CNR, Arsenale Tesa 104, Castello, 2737/F, 30122 Venice, Italy
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- Laguna Project snc, Castello, 6411, 30122 Venice, Italy; Department of Environmental Sciences, Informatics and Statistics, Ca' Foscari University, Campus Scientifico via Torino 155, Mestre, I-30170 Venice, Italy
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- Institute of Marine Sciences (ISMAR), CNR, Arsenale Tesa 104, Castello, 2737/F, 30122 Venice, Italy
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- Institute of Marine Sciences (ISMAR), CNR, Arsenale Tesa 104, Castello, 2737/F, 30122 Venice, Italy
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Mangano A, Mangano A, Lianos GD, Levrini L, Picone M, Boni L, Dionigi G. Circulating tumor cells as biomarkers of head and neck squamous cell carcinoma: an updated view. Future Oncol 2015; 11:1851-3. [PMID: 26161921 DOI: 10.2217/fon.15.115] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/24/2022] Open
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- Alberto Mangano
- Department of Surgical & Morphological Sciences, Insubria University Varese-Como, Varese, Italy.,1st Department of General Surgery Ospedale di Circolo e Fondazione Macchi Varese, Italy
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- Department of Surgical & Morphological Sciences, Insubria University Varese-Como, Varese, Italy.,Oro Cranio Facial Disease & Medicine Research Center, Insubria University Varese-Como, Varese, Italy
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- Department of General Surgery, Ioannina University Hospital, Centre for Biosystems & Genomic Network Medicine Ioannina University, Ioannina, Greece
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- Oro Cranio Facial Disease & Medicine Research Center, Insubria University Varese-Como, Varese, Italy
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- Department of Surgical & Morphological Sciences, Insubria University Varese-Como, Varese, Italy.,1st Department of General Surgery Ospedale di Circolo e Fondazione Macchi Varese, Italy
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- Department of Surgical & Morphological Sciences, Insubria University Varese-Como, Varese, Italy.,1st Department of General Surgery Ospedale di Circolo e Fondazione Macchi Varese, Italy
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We are reporting a neurophysiologic analysis of two patients presenting with thoracoabdominal spontaneous muscle jerks. Polymyographic recordings showed myoclonic bursts with onset in the upper rectus abdominis or lower intercostal muscles followed by rostral propagation to the upper intercostal and caudal propagation to the abdominal muscles by slowly conducting pathways. Jerk-locked back-averaging did not show time-locked cortical or premovement potentials. Peroneal somatosensory evoked response, C-reflex, and intercostal nerve conduction were normal. These findings suggest a generator for the myoclonus in the midthoracic region of the spinal cord with up and down propagation by slowly conducting pathways, such as propriospinal fibers. This type of spinal myoclonus may thus be termed "propriospinal myoclonus," as suggested by Brown et al.
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- S Chokroverty
- Department of Neurology and Clinical Neurophysiology, Robert Wood Johnson Medical School, New Brunswick, NJ
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Oran E, Boris J, Young T, Flanigan M, Burks T, Picone M. Numerical simulations of detonations in hydrogen-air and methane-air mixtures. ACTA ACUST UNITED AC 1981. [DOI: 10.1016/s0082-0784(81)80168-3] [Citation(s) in RCA: 48] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/16/2022]
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