A must read on indoor microbiology: Sources of airborne microorganisms in the...
2013-5-19MBPF Source: Sources of airborne microorganisms in the built environment | Microbiome | Full Text Really nice new review paper by Aaron Prissin and Linsey Marr. It covers research on sources...
View ArticleLegionnaires’ Disease Outbreak in Flint, Michigan
(Update: after posting this I found that actual experts have proposed a different hypothesis) So the recent Legionnaires’ Disease Outbreak in Flint, Michigan has been getting quite a bit of press...
View ArticleSampling an animal shelter
Anyone considering the possibility of welcoming a new furry friend into their home must first come to terms with an unfortunate fact: animals are dirty, like us most of them have lots of hair and are...
View ArticleMicrobiology of the Built Environment Meeting: Day 1
Here’s the report from Day 1 of the 5th annual Microbiology of the Built Environment meeting in Boulder, CO. Following my summary of the talks is a Storify of all the tweets from the day. The first...
View ArticleNew papers, July 2, 2016
Microbes in the city Also see this blog post earlier this week: Urban Transit System Microbial Communities Differ by Surface Type and Interaction with Humans and the Environment – Tiffany Hsu –...
View ArticleNew paper: Legionella DNA markers in tap water in Flint, Michigan
The Flint Water Crisis garnered national and international media coverage of elevated levels of lead in the water delivered to consumers’ taps. When the city of Flint began using the Flint River as its...
View ArticleNew papers on Microbiology of the Built Environment, April 23, 2017
Catching up after a couple of busy weeks. Microbes in the hospital Diversity changes of microbial communities into hospital surface environments – Rika Yano – Journal of Infection and Chemotherapy...
View ArticleNew papers on Microbiology of the Built Environment, June 3, 2017
Microbes indoors DNA metabarcoding to assess indoor fungal communities: Electrostatic dust collectors and Illumina sequencing – Steffi Rocchi – Journal of Microbiological Methods ($39.95) Our study...
View ArticleNew paper of interest on Hospital Plumbing and Carbapenem Resistance
New paper of interest:: Genomic Analysis of Hospital Plumbing Reveals Diverse Reservoir of Bacterial Plasmids Conferring Carbapenem Resistance Weingarten RA, Johnson RC, Conlan S, Ramsburg AM, Dekker...
View ArticleNASEM Legionella Meeting 4 (Oct 22nd 2018)
Another NASEM meeting of possible interest. Both in person and online, October 22nd, 2018. Here’s a link to the registration. We invite you to join the open session of our fourth committee meeting....
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