Marine outfall discharges contribute to coastal microplastic pollution and the spread of antimicrobial resistance

• Raeesa Bhikhoo ,

  Roles Conceptualization, Data curation, Formal analysis, Investigation, Methodology, Project administration, Validation, Visualization, Writing – original draft

  * E-mail: raeesabhikhoo1@gmail.com, 26108445@mynwu.ac.za

  Affiliation Unit for Environmental Sciences and Management: Microbiology, North-West Univrersity, Potchefstroom, South Africa

  https://orcid.org/0000-0002-1837-8998

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• Krisdan Bezuidenhout,

  Roles Methodology, Writing – original draft

  Affiliation South African Research Chair: Cities, Law and Environmental Sustainability (CLES), North-West University, Potchefstroom, South Africa

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• Lesego Molale-Tom,

  Roles Methodology, Project administration, Resources, Supervision, Validation, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Unit for Environmental Sciences and Management: Microbiology, North-West Univrersity, Potchefstroom, South Africa

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• Charlotte Mienie,

  Roles Project administration, Supervision, Validation, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Unit for Environmental Sciences and Management: Microbiology, North-West Univrersity, Potchefstroom, South Africa

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• Carlos Bezuidenhout

  Roles Conceptualization, Funding acquisition, Methodology, Project administration, Resources, Supervision, Validation, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Unit for Environmental Sciences and Management: Microbiology, North-West Univrersity, Potchefstroom, South Africa

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