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Among the bacteria found was Moraxella osloensis, which can cause infections in people with weakened immune systems and is responsible for the bad smell in dirty clothes.

One of her favorite recent illustrations, of a cluster of Neisseria gonorrhoeae, the bacteria that cause gonorrhea, was used in a 2019 report on antibiotic resistance.

But germs can still lurk, depending on how well they are maintained. One study noted that the U.S. lacks national standards for recreational water spots such as pools, hot tubs and splash pads.

Using those bacteria and other samples sent by the CDC, scientists at IPATH immediately went to work and identified more than a dozen phages that successfully attacked the deadly pathogen.

Pasteur argued that germs in the air could drift down into the flasks, but could not propel themselves up a rising path. When Pouchet heard about Pasteur’s experiments, he sneered.

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