Well, this could end up being interesting:Homeland Security To Test Biosensors In MBTA Stations Overnight « CBS Boston. At 1 AM Wednesday morning, at the Porter, Davis, and Harvard Square T stations on the Red Line of the MBTA researchers from the Department of Homeland Security will purposefully release killed Bacillus subtilis bacteria into the air. This …
Just a quick post here. There is a detailed blog post of interest from Caitlin Knight of Anthrophysis discussing a recent PLoS One paper on bacteria in office spaces: Unseen Coworkers: Office Space Bacteria. We have written about this paper a bit here before: The hidden diversity of offices — what microbes are lurking there? …
Ugg – not impressed by this press release from Clark Seif Clark: Healthcare Facilities need to be Aware of Microbial Pathogens. This release has some accurate points such as that people with compromised immune systems need to worry about pathogens in the world around the. And that people with compromised systems can be harmed by breathing …
It sounds so nice and catchy. Priobiotics for buildings. We have written about it here are few times Probiotics for buildings in action? Interesting but can’t verify Probiotics for buildings: A potential future application of current work on microbes in buildings Though I have not found any published science behind this movement there is more …
In the “Extremo File” blog, Jeffrey Marlow discussed recent work from the BioBE Center: Is Your Office Building Trying to Kill You? | Wired Science | Wired.com. The post discusses how studies of microbial ecology are moving from the outdoors to the indoors and that is a useful message to get across. I presume the post …
Not exactly earth shattering results here but I am glad to see microbial surveys in the indoor environment getting attention around the globe. Here is a paper on a survey done in public bathrooms in Nigeria: Nworie et al.
Eww … see Fish Tank Granuloma Caused by Mycobacterium marinum. Seems that this Mycobacterium species commonly infects people who come into contact with marine mammals and fish tanks. Gross but worth checking out.
Just posting some links to some posts from my Tree of Life blog that may be of interest to the microBEnet blog readers. Wow – Google Scholar “Updates” a big step forward in sifting through the scientific literature Scifoo Notes via Storify A centralized journal commenting system? Who would comment there? Volunteers? Episode of Radio …
All you germaphobes, you might not want to read this: Boosting bacteria in drinking water may improve health – health – 10 August 2012 – New Scientist. Or the post here at the microBEnet blog a few days ago from David Coil about this same topic. The article discusses a paper from Lutgarde Raskin’s group at …
Just got a copy of the July/Aug issue of Discover and, well, discovered that this is the issue with the following article: Earth’s Last Unexplored Wilderness: Your Very Own Home | Ecosystems | DISCOVER Magazine. It is alas available online only to subscriber’s but for those interested in microbiology of the built environment, it is worth …