NPR’s Michaeleen Doucleff story on the Sponge (kitchen that is) Microbiome
A new episode of “Food for Thought” from NPR on kitchen sponge microbes. By Michaeleen Doucleff:
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New papers on Microbiology of the Built Environment, December 3, 2016
Microbes and money Dirty Money: A Matter of Bacterial Survival, Adherence, and Toxicity – Frank Vriesekoop – Microorganisms (OA) In this study we report the underlying reasons to why bacteria are present on banknotes and coins. (…) We treated the various currencies used in this study as microcosms, and the bacterial loading from human hands as …
A germaphobe’s dilemma: stop washing raw chicken
Over dinner the other night, a friend brought up ongoing public health efforts to get people to stop washing raw chicken because it spreads Campylobacter onto kitchen surfaces. I have to confess that I have been washing, drying and salting a raw chicken nearly once a week for years, following Judy Roger’s (Zuni Cafe) fabulous recipe …
Hospital microbiome studies might want to start including hospital kitchens ..
Well, most of the news I see about “germs” being found somewhere or other are germophobia in some way or another. I think this is a different case though: Kitchen Cutting Boards Remain a Source of Multi-Drug Resistant Bacteria After Use. Not sure if what they report is particularly unusual but seems disconcerting at first glance. …