Characterisation, minimum inhibitory concentration, thermotolerance and virulence of Candida isolated from environmental plastic pollution, Scotland, 2023

This dataset contains characterisation data, thermotolerance data, anti-fungal drug resistance data and virulence data of Candida isolates from different types of plastic pollution. Samples were collected from marine, estuarine and freshwater environments, and screened for pathogenic species of Candida. These Candida isolates were subsequently assessed for their thermotolerance, anti-fungal drug resistance, and their pathogenicity in a Galleria model of infection.
Data were collected as part of grants NE/V005847/1, Sustainable Plastic Attitudes to benefit Communities and their Environments (SPACES), and NE/S005196/1, Microbial hitch-hikers of marine plastics: the survival, persistence & ecology of microbial communities in the 'Plastisphere'.

本数据集包含来自不同塑料污染环境的假丝酵母菌（Candida）分离株的表征数据、耐热性数据、抗真菌药物抗性数据与毒力数据。研究样本采集自海洋、河口与淡水环境，并针对致病性假丝酵母菌进行了筛选。随后对上述假丝酵母菌分离株的耐热性、抗真菌药物抗性，以及其在大蜡螟（Galleria）感染模型中的致病性进行了评估。本数据集的数据采集工作依托两项资助项目：编号为NE/V005847/1的‘助力社区及其环境的可持续塑料理念（Sustainable Plastic Attitudes to benefit Communities and their Environments，SPACES）’，以及编号为NE/S005196/1的‘海洋塑料的微生物“搭便车者”：“塑料圈（Plastisphere）”内微生物群落的存活、存续与生态学特性’。