My dishwasher is trying to kill me: Extreme conditions suit pathogenic fungus

Tuesday, October 1, 2013 - 13:01 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. Scientists have shown that these sites make perfect habitats for extremotolerant fungi (which includes black yeasts). Some of these are potentially dangerous to human health.

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