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Survival rates and transfer potential measurements of Salmonella enterica Serovar Typhimurium colonising polyethylene microplastics in contaminated agricultural soils
This dataset contains mesocosm experimental data quantifying the ability of the bacterium Salmonella enterica Serovar Typhimurium (S. Typhimurium) to persist on microplastic beads in podzol and loamy soil. Persistence was determined through measuring surviving colony forming units (CFUs) of S. Typhimurium on the plastics after destructive sampling of the mesocosm jars. The results of a flooding and leachate experiment are also included, containing transfer potential and leachate gradients of S. Typhimurium in each soil under ambient, and flooding conditions. Water was added to soil columns containing the microbeads to simulate flooding, and the CFUs in the water and on virgin plastics were measured to determine transfer potential. In the persistence experiment samples were measured on days 1, 2, 3, 4, 7, 10, 14, 21, 28 and 35, and in the transfer and leachate experiments samples were measured after 7, 14 and 21 days, with four replicates being taken at each time point. This dataset was created as part of a study investigating how human pathogens enter agricultural environments via flooding or contaminated irrigation, and to determine the survivability of S. Typhimurium in these soils. This work is supported by the National Environmental Research Council (NE/V005847/1). Full details about this nonGeographicDataset can be found at https://doi.org/10.5285/0bfdfa23-15f8-4ffd-b1dc-e77178af0304
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- Date (Publication)
- 2025-05-02
- Citation identifier
- https://catalogue.ceh.ac.uk/id/0bfdfa23-15f8-4ffd-b1dc-e77178af0304
- Citation identifier
- doi: / 10.5285/0bfdfa23-15f8-4ffd-b1dc-e77178af0304
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Woodford, L., White, H., Fellows, R., Ormsby, M., Pow, C., Quilliam, R. (2025). Survival rates and transfer potential measurements of Salmonella enterica Serovar Typhimurium colonising polyethylene microplastics in contaminated agricultural soils. NERC EDS Environmental Information Data Centre 10.5285/0bfdfa23-15f8-4ffd-b1dc-e77178af0304
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Organisation name Individual name Electronic mail address Role University of Stirling Woodford, L.
Point of contact University of Stirling
Woodford, L. Author University of Stirling
White, H.
Author University of Stirling
Fellows, R.
Author University of Stirling
Ormsby, M.
Author University of Stirling
Pow, C.
Author University of Stirling
Quilliam, R.
Author University of Stirling EMAIL NOT PROVIDED
Owner NERC EDS Environmental Information Data Centre Publisher NERC EDS Environmental Information Data Centre Custodian
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GEMET - INSPIRE themes, version 1.0
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Human Health and Safety
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- Keywords
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- Environmental risk
- Pollution
- Soil
- Water quality
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plastic pollution
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human pathogens
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flooding
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plastisphere
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leachate
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salmonella
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mesocosm experiment
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- no limitations
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If you reuse this data, you should cite: Woodford, L., White, H., Fellows, R., Ormsby, M., Pow, C., Quilliam, R. (2025). Survival rates and transfer potential measurements of Salmonella enterica Serovar Typhimurium colonising polyethylene microplastics in contaminated agricultural soils. NERC EDS Environmental Information Data Centre https://doi.org/10.5285/0bfdfa23-15f8-4ffd-b1dc-e77178af0304
- Language
- English
- Character set
- UTF8
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- Environment
- Begin date
- 2023-06-01
- End date
- 2023-08-01
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Name Version Comma-separated values (CSV)
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Organisation name Individual name Electronic mail address Role NERC EDS Environmental Information Data Centre
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Protocol Linkage Name https://data-package.ceh.ac.uk/data/0bfdfa23-15f8-4ffd-b1dc-e77178af0304 Download the data
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Protocol Linkage Name https://data-package.ceh.ac.uk/sd/0bfdfa23-15f8-4ffd-b1dc-e77178af0304.zip Supporting information
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- Non geographic dataset
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nonGeographicDataset
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Commission Regulation (EU) No 1089/2010 of 23 November 2010 implementing Directive 2007/2/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council as regards interoperability of spatial data sets and services
- Date (Publication)
- 2010-12-08
- Statement
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Mesocosm experiments were designed in two stages. For the persistence experiment jars were filled with two soil types and microplastic beads were mixed with the soils and left. At each time point destructive sampling was used to recover the beads and measure the surviving CFUs of S. Typhimurium on the plastics. In the flooding and leachate experiment, water was added to columns containing beads and the CFUs recovered in the water was recorded (flooding) and CFUs on virgin plastics was used to measure transfer. In the persistence experiment samples were measured on days 1, 2, 3, 4, 7, 10, 14, 21, 28 and 35, and in the transfer and leachate experiments samples were measured after 7, 14 and 21 days, with four replicates being taken each at each time point.
Metadata
- File identifier
- 0bfdfa23-15f8-4ffd-b1dc-e77178af0304 XML
- Metadata language
- English
- Character set
- 8859 Part 1
- Hierarchy level
- Non geographic dataset
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nonGeographicDataset
- Date stamp
- 2025-11-13T16:21:15
- Metadata standard name
- UK GEMINI
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2.3
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Organisation name Individual name Electronic mail address Role NERC EDS Environmental Information Data Centre Point of contact
