Scientists found disease-causing microbes that could be traveling more than 1,200 miles through the atmosphere.

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notes that the microorganisms they found in domestic microwave ovens were the same as those that can be found on a kitchen surface (SN: 3/1/22). “Some of them are pathogenic, and one must clean ...

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Scientists say potentially deadly bacteria - including E.coli and C.diff - travel at an altitude of up to 10,000 feet.

2 They recently reported in Cell Host & Microbe that tolerance comes from mutations in genes related to nutrient production while persistent bacteria activate a specific DNA repair pathway to survive.