294: You’ll Scream After Ice Cream
Sep 08, 2023•53 min•Ep. 294
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Summary
TWiM delves into two critical microbiology stories. First, the hosts discuss a study on psychrotrophic bacteria, including potentially pathogenic and antibiotic-resistant strains, found in ice cream manufacturing facilities, emphasizing the challenges of maintaining sterile food environments. Second, they reveal the identification of Paenibacillus thiaminolyticus as the cause of widespread, fatal post-infection hydrocephalus in Ugandan infants, detailing the observational study, environmental links, and virulence mechanisms, alongside global implications.Episode description
TWiM reveals that the ice cream manufacturing environment harbors psychrotrophic bacteria, and identification of a deadly bacterial strain causing widespread deaths of newborns in Uganda.
Hosts: Vincent Racaniello, Michael Schmidt, & Michele Swanson.
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Links for this episode- Pyschrotrophic bacteria in ice cream plants (Appl Environ Micro)
- Creamery pays fine for contaminated ice cream (US DOJ)
- Paenibacillus infection of infants in Uganda (The Lancet)
- Deadly bacterial strain identified (Yale SOM)
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