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Gkoutselis et al. 2023 COMMENV
Summary
This is a data repository entry rather than a full research article; it links to files associated with a study on fungal plastiphily — the ability of fungi to colonise microplastics — and the connection between plastic-colonising fungi and known virulence traits, suggesting environmental microplastics could act as a global health factor by harbouring pathogenic fungi.
This repository includes files related to the publication "Fungal plastiphily and its link to generic virulence traits makes environmental microplastics a global health factor" Name of publication might change during the editoring process
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