Infectious News

Micrococcus luteus growing on brain-heart infusion agar (photo: Medical-Labs.net) Recently I began a local exploration of something that has been reported nationally, but surprisingly has been repeated very few times in the scientific literature: testing reusable grocery bags for bacteria that could cause foodborne illness. I am very excited to be working with Jon Chrisos at WGME in Portland, who recently traded some folks some new shopping bags for their old workhorses. I