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Your microwave oven has its own microbiome

Survey of bacteria living inside household and laboratory appliances finds a robust ecosystem.
  1. Alix Soliman
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‘Extremophiles’ are organisms that can survive, and even thrive, in the harshest of environments, including inside scorching hydrothermal vents, sub-zero Antarctic ice and the crushing pressures of Earth’s crust. Now, they’ve been discovered in a more pedestrian setting: microwave ovens.

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doi: https://doi.org/10.1038/d41586-024-02553-9

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