New Sloan-funded program in microbiology of the built environment: Amy Pruden, Plumbing Microbiome

The Sloan foundation has recently announced funding for several new projects in the microbiology of the built environment, we’ll be describing each of them in more detail here. First is a project called “Effect of Pipe Materials, Water Flow, and Chemistry on the Building Plumbing Microbiome”.  This work will be performed by Amy Pruden, Marc …

“Toxic fungus thrives in bathroom sinks” – a sequence-based examination of Fusarium in homes and buildings

Another “scary microbe that lives in your house/office/car” story.  In this case, the fungi Fusarium which can be pathogenic, particularly for people with immune deficiencies.   To be fair, the authors of the scientific study take pains to point out that “the serious infections caused by fusaria are relatively uncommon and that these fungi may even …