MAGNO partner Mohamed Banni is involved in forthcoming research exploring the effects of environmental microplastics on juvenile European seabass (Dicentrarchus labrax), contributing to the growing scientific discussion around plastic pollution and aquatic ecosystem health.
The study investigates how environmentally derived microplastics affect intestinal homeostasis in marine organisms through an integrated multi-omics approach combining histological, transcriptomic, metabolomic and metagenomic analyses.
The research identified impacts linked to microplastic exposure including inflammatory responses, oxidative stress, metabolic disruption and alterations in gut bacterial communities, highlighting the intestine as a key target of microplastic toxicity in marine fish.
The manuscript was published as part of the MAGNO project, while also receiving support from other research initiatives including the Tunisian Ministry of Higher Education and Scientific Research and the Project for Excellence 2022.
Read the abstract here: https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/abs/pii/S0025326X26006661
