Impacts of Flood Damage on Airborne Bacteria and Fungi in Homes

Finally got around to reading “Impacts of Flood Damage on Airborne Bacteria and Fungi in Homes after the 2013 Colorado Front Range Flood” from the labs of Shelly Miller and Noah Fierer.  The massive floods in 2013 provided the researchers with an opportunity to examine the lingering effects of flood damage, even post remediation.   Ideally …

Geobacter bacteria use uranium reducing conductive pili “nanowires” to thrive in toxic waste

When most people think of the microbiology of the built environment they think of pathogens that hang out in buildings. Here’s a neat story about a helpful bacteria that lives in a very different kind of “built environment”… a uranium mill tailings site.  These tailings facilities are where all the waste and excess rock from …

Reports from Indoor Air 2011 sessions on microbiology of the built environment

I’m currently at Indoor Air 2011 sitting in on the Sloan Foundation-sponsored sessions on microbiology of the built environment.   There are a number of great talks taking place and we hope to post some more information in the form of slides later.  We’ll probably also post a more formal write-up about some of the discussions …