Help wanted w/ compiling information on “Citizen Microbiology” projects #CitizenMicrobiology

I am compiling information on past, present and future “Citizen Microbiology” projects. Basically I am looking for examples of projects that could fit VERY BROADLY into the concept of citizen or participatory science and involve microbes.

Examples include:

Participatory Research Classes such as

• SeaPhages https://seaphages.org
• Tiny Earth https://tinyearth.wisc.edu

Human Microbiome Sample Crowdsourcing

• The American Gut Project http://americangut.org
• uBiome https://ubiome.com 
• Bellybutton microbiome http://robdunnlab.com/projects/belly-button-biodiversity/ 
• Armpit microbiome http://robdunnlab.com/projects/armpit-microbes/ 

Animal Microbiome Crowdsourcing

• Kittybiome: https://www.kittybiome.com

Built Environment Microbiomes

• Wildlife of our homes http://robdunnlab.com/projects/wild-life-of-our-homes/ 
• Showered microbiome
• Project MERCCURI
• Good germs bad germs http://www.biochemist.org/bio/03903/0035/039030035.pdf
• MetaSub

New Microbes and Environmental Microbiomes

• What’s your backyard http://npdg.ou.edu/citizenscience 
• State of the Oyster: https://scistarter.com/project/292-State-of-the-Oyster
• Rokiology: https://scistarter.com/project/18542-Rokiology
• The Living Snow Project: https://scistarter.com/project/19737-The-Living-Snow-Project

Antimicrobial and/or Probiotic Discovery

• Antibiotics Unearthed https://www.facebook.com/antibioticsunearthed 
• Discovery of potential probiotics for combatting chytrid infections in frogs http://www.asmscience.org/content/journal/jmbe/10.1128/jmbe.v17i1.1002 
• Drugsfromdirt: http://drugsfromdirt.org
• Tiny Earth: https://tinyearth.wisc.edu
• Small World: http://www.smallworldinitiative.org/ 

If you know of others please post a comment …