A baseline study of meso and microplastic predominance in pristine beach sediment of the Indian tropical island ecosystem.

The global presence and prevalence of microplastic have moved microplastic from an emerging pollutant to a persistent contaminant. Microplastic prevails in almost all spheres of the environment viz. terrestrial, marine and atmosphere the globe abundantly.

Removal of phosphate by Staphylococcus aureus under aerobic and alternating anaerobic-aerobic conditions.

Eutrophication of water bodies due to phosphate enrichment is an ecological problem. Phosphate is removed from wastewaters by enhanced biological phosphate removal worldwide by phosphate accumulating organism. In order to understand the process of treatment, the existing microbial community and its metabolism of phosphate removal are studied widely.