Nurdle characteristics with associated bacterial concentrations and virulence of Klebsiella isolates from Scottish beaches, 2022

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• Last updated: 17 August 2024
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Summary

This dataset holds realistic environmental concentrations of potential pathogens colonising microplastic beads (nurdles) collected from ten Scottish beaches. Observed measures include concentrations and the present genes of Klebsiella bacteria isolated from the nurdles, as well as the salinity, electrical conductivity, turbidity, and polymer composition of the nurdles. In addition, an infection experiment was conducted to measure the virulence of the Klebsiella bacteria. Galleria melonella larvae were infected with the isolated Klebsiella bacteria and the number of living larvae was recorded. Full details about this dataset can be found at https://doi.org/10.5285/fdd72810-a57f-444f-83cf-f2351ef4c940

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• Added to data.gov.uk: 2024-08-14
• Access contraints: If you reuse this data, you should cite: Metcalf, R., Messer, L., White, H.L., Ormsby, M., Matallana-Surget, S., Quilliam, R. (2024). Nurdle characteristics with associated bacterial concentrations and virulence of Klebsiella isolates from Scottish beaches, 2022. NERC EDS Environmental Information Data Centre https://doi.org/10.5285/fdd72810-a57f-444f-83cf-f2351ef4c940
• Harvest GUID: fdd72810-a57f-444f-83cf-f2351ef4c940
• Extent: Latitude: 58.005° to 54.677°
• Extent: Longitude: -7.796° to -1.081°
• Dataset reference date: 2024-08-09 (publication)
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• ISO 19139 resource type: dataset
• Metadata language: eng
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