Your showerhead slime is alive—and mostly harmless
Thursday, November 1, 2018 - 17:10
in Biology & Nature
The day after Halloween, something scary may still lurk inside your showerhead. Researchers at CIRES have identified Mycobacterium as the most abundant genus of bacteria growing in the slimy "biofilm" that lines the inside of residential showerheads—and some of those bacteria can cause lung disease.