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Tensile strength and concentrations of E. coli colonising three types of wet wipes in a sand mesocosm
In this mesocosm study, three types of wet wipes (plastic containing, and home and commercially compostable) colonised with E. coli were buried in beach sand and their degradation, tensile strength, and concentration of E. coli was quantified over 15 weeks. Wipes were firstly passed through a series of treatments to simulate their journey from the bathroom to the beach. Water characteristics (pH, salinity) of these water types were measured. Full details about this nonGeographicDataset can be found at https://doi.org/10.5285/19a8083b-afa4-40b9-91bf-7a529eea870d
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- Date (Publication)
- 2024-07-15
- Citation identifier
- https://catalogue.ceh.ac.uk/id/19a8083b-afa4-40b9-91bf-7a529eea870d
- Citation identifier
- doi: / 10.5285/19a8083b-afa4-40b9-91bf-7a529eea870d
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Metcalf, R., Fellows, R., White, H.L., Quilliam, R. (2024). Tensile strength and concentrations of E. coli colonising three types of wet wipes in a sand mesocosm. NERC EDS Environmental Information Data Centre 10.5285/19a8083b-afa4-40b9-91bf-7a529eea870d
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Organisation name Individual name Electronic mail address Role University of Stirling Metcalf, R. Point of contact University of Stirling Metcalf, R. Author University of Stirling Fellows, R.
Author University of Stirling White, H.L.
Author University of Stirling Quilliam, R. Author University of Stirling 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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GEMET - Concepts, version 4.1.3
- Keywords
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- Pollution
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environmental pathogens
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sewage discharge
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plastic pollution
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sand microbiology
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- Other restrictions
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- no limitations
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If you reuse this data, you should cite: Metcalf, R., Fellows, R., White, H.L., Quilliam, R. (2024). Tensile strength and concentrations of E. coli colonising three types of wet wipes in a sand mesocosm. NERC EDS Environmental Information Data Centre https://doi.org/10.5285/19a8083b-afa4-40b9-91bf-7a529eea870d
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- English
- Character set
- UTF8
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- Health
- Environment
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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/19a8083b-afa4-40b9-91bf-7a529eea870d Download the data
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Protocol Linkage Name https://data-package.ceh.ac.uk/sd/19a8083b-afa4-40b9-91bf-7a529eea870d.zip Supporting information
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- Non geographic dataset
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nonGeographicDataset
Conformance result
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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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At weekly timepoints (for 15 weeks), four of each wet wipe type were randomly selected, and removed from the mesocosm using sterile forceps. The loosely adhering sand was shaken off and each wet wipe transferred into a sterile glass vial containing 20 ml phosphate-buffered saline (PBS). Vials were then vortexed at 1500 rpm for 5 min and E. coli enumerated by filtering the PBS through 0.45 μm filters, which were placed onto selective media and incubated at 37°C. The wet wipes were removed from the glass vials and left to dry overnight. The following day, a 50 N digital force meter was used to quantify tensile strength by measuring the force required to break each wipe. Wipes were also photographed to determine degradation visually. Background bacterial concentrations were measured by filtering 100 ml water through 0.45 μm cellulose acetate membranes and placed onto selective media.
Metadata
- File identifier
- 19a8083b-afa4-40b9-91bf-7a529eea870d XML
- Metadata language
- English
- Character set
- 8859 Part 1
- Hierarchy level
- Non geographic dataset
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nonGeographicDataset
- Date stamp
- 2025-11-13T16:15:02
- 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
