The survival, persistence, and ecology of microbial pathogens on the surfaces of environmental plastic pollution
Plastics in the environment become rapidly colonised by microbial biofilm. These ‘plastisphere’ communities can support or even enrich human pathogens, which can be transported, disseminated and transferred to humans, e.g., through direct exposure at beaches or bathing waters. With the continued pollution of plastics in the environment, human exposure to pathogen-colonised plastic pollution will rise, and increasing our understanding of the survival, transfer and characterisation of these potentially harmful pathogens will help in assessing the potential implications to human health.
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Concentrations and antibiotic resistance of faecal indicator organisms and human pathogens associated with sewage waste on Scottish beaches, 2021
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Nurdle characteristics with associated bacterial concentrations and virulence of Klebsiella isolates from Scottish beaches, 2022
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Survival data of human pathogens on plastics during transfer downstream in a simulated freshwater-marine continuum
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Tensile strength and concentrations of E. coli colonising three types of wet wipes in a sand mesocosm
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Characterisation, minimum inhibitory concentration, thermotolerance and virulence of Candida isolated from environmental plastic pollution, Scotland, 2023