Researchers succeed in monitoring the "journey" of microplastics through the intestine of a living organism (IMAGE)

Universitat Autonoma de Barcelona

Researchers succeed in monitoring the "journey" of microplastics through the intestine of a living organism

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Monitoring nanoplastic particles from their ingestion until their translocation to the haemolymph compartment. They were detected inside the midgut lumen (A), surrounding the peritrophic membrane (B), surrounding midgut bacteria (C), inside the cytoplasm of enterocytes (D), surrounded by midgut vacuoles (E) and, finally, reaching the haemolymph (F).

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Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona (UAB).

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