Microplastics (MPs), defined as plastic particles which range between 100 nm and 5 mm in size,  can exist in the environment for hundreds to thousands of years. Microplastics may function as sites for the colonization of microorganisms .The effects of MPs on microbes can accumulate along the food chain causing harm to higher organisms. Meanwhile, microorganisms are sensitive to microplastics and also crucial participator to the plastic biodegradation.
Submissions on the interaction between MPs and microorganisms are invited. Studies may include, but are not limited to:

Mechanistical studies of the interaction between microbes and MPs
 MP stimulated biofilm formation (plastisphere) and the underlying mechanisms;
 MPs as carriers for microbial anthropogenic pollution and their impacts on human and ecosystem health

Degradation of MPs by microorganisms