244: Chewing for chicha

This Week in Microbiology

English - June 22, 2021 04:16 - 56 minutes - 39.4 MB - ★★★★★ - 492 ratings
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Foodie TWiM reveals that bacteria in human saliva are major components of Ecuadorian indigenous beers, and an unusual E. coli that produces atypical light cream-colored colonies in chromogenic agar.

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Saliva bacteria in indigenous beers (Peer J) Unusual behavior of E. coli ST59 (Appl Envir Micro) One Health (CDC)

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