More on citizen microbiology project from @Penn_State & @NASA on thermophiles in water heaters via @scicheer @Sci4Cits

By Jonathan Eisen Posted in Citizen Science Social Media

Posted on August 18, 2011February 8, 2018

I love citizen science. And I dream of doing citizen microbiology. Thus I love the project going on at Penn. St. on getting people to sample microbes in hot water heaters (posted a mini note about it a while ago). There is a good article about this project on the Science For Citizens blog here: …

Share the thermophiles lurking in your basement

By Jonathan Eisen Posted in Citizen Science

Posted on April 9, 2011June 19, 2012

Fascinating little story on PHYSORG about Christopher House wanting to survey microbes in water heaters as a way of studying indoor extremophiles. Definitely worth a look and I may be sending in some samples. See Thermophiles lurking in your basement.