'My dishwasher is trying to kill me': New research finds harmful fungal pathogens living in dishwasher seals
Monday, June 20, 2011 - 11:31
in Biology & Nature
A potentially pathogenic fungus has found a home living in extreme conditions in some of the most common household appliances, researchers have found. A new paper published in the British Mycological Society journal, Fungal Biology, published by Elsevier, shows that these sites make perfect habitats for extremotolerant fungi (which includes black yeasts). Some of these are potentially dangerous to human health.