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"We started out looking at things like toothbrushes and showerheads because they are important sources of microbes that we’re exposed to, but we don’t know which microbes they carry or what factors influence them."\u003C/p>\n\n\u003Cp>The latest study was an update to the Northwestern team's 2021 project "Operation Pottymouth," which involved investigating the sources of the bacteria found on toothbrushes.\u003C/p>\n\n\u003Cp>Though there was incredible diversity among the more than 600 phage samples, a type that kills illness-causing mycobacteria was slightly more common than any other, Harmann said. Given that mycobacteria can cause serious infections like leprosy and tuberculosis, it's a good thing that viruses killing them were present as well.\u003C/p>\n\n\u003Cp>\u003Cpicture class=\"image-align-left\">\u003Csource srcset=\"https://cdn.quasa.io/photos/photo/12_11/tooth3.webp\" type=\"image/webp\">\u003Cimg alt=\"Scientists Took Swabs of Toothbrushes and Were Shocked by the Hundreds of Viruses They Found\" class=\"image-align-left\" height=\"300\" src=\"https://cdn.quasa.io/photos/photo/12_11/tooth3.jpg\" width=\"300\" />\u003C/picture>"Toothbrushes and showerheads harbor phage that are unlike anything we’ve seen before," the microbiologist said. "Not only did we find different phage on toothbrushes and showerheads, we found different phage on \u003Cem>each\u003C/em> toothbrush and \u003Cem>each\u003C/em> showerhead."\u003C/p>\n\n\u003Cp>Phages have in recent years been studied and used as treatments for bacterial infections, especially those that have mutated to resist antibiotics. While Hartmann insists these findings are captivating on their own merit, knowing that they may be used in medical treatments makes them that much more useful.\u003C/p>\n\n\u003Cp>"It could be," she said, "that the next great antibiotic will be based on something that grew on your toothbrush."\u003C/p>\n\n\u003Cp>While that's not exactly pleasant to think about, it certainly sounds a hell of a lot better than leaving a mycobacterial infection like TB or chronic ulcers untreated.\u003C/p>\n\n\u003Cp>Also read:\u003C/p>\n\n\u003Cul>\n\t\u003Cli>\u003Ca href=\"https://quasa.io/media/scientists-build-tiny-robots-that-can-inspect-manipulate-your-cells\">Scientists Build Tiny Robots That Can Inspect, Manipulate Your Cells\u003C/a>\u003C/li>\n\t\u003Cli>\u003Ca href=\"https://quasa.io/media/china-deploys-fruit-flies-in-space-station\">China Deploys Fruit Flies in Space Station\u003C/a>\u003C/li>\n\t\u003Cli>\u003Ca href=\"https://quasa.io/media/doctors-intrigued-by-treatment-that-makes-dead-brains-show-signs-of-life\">Doctors Intrigued by Treatment That Makes Dead Brains Show Signs of Life\u003C/a>\u003C/li>\n\u003C/ul>\n\n\u003Cp>Thank you!\u003Cbr />\nJoin us on social networks!\u003Cbr />\nSee you!\u003C/p>","scientists-took-swabs-of-toothbrushes-and-were-shocked-by-the-hundreds-of-viruses-they-found","2024-11-11T12:49:56.000000Z","2024-11-12T15:00:00.000000Z","12.11.2024",{"image":82,"image_webp":83,"thumb":84,"thumb_webp":85},"https://cdn.quasa.io/images/news/3vBoYvt9LlezqT7jRI2HpUQDbIHPMVwx6r7r55x5.jpg","https://cdn.quasa.io/images/news/3vBoYvt9LlezqT7jRI2HpUQDbIHPMVwx6r7r55x5.webp","https://cdn.quasa.io/thumbs/news-thumb/images/news/3vBoYvt9LlezqT7jRI2HpUQDbIHPMVwx6r7r55x5.jpg","https://cdn.quasa.io/thumbs/news-thumb/images/news/3vBoYvt9LlezqT7jRI2HpUQDbIHPMVwx6r7r55x5.webp","small",null,1184,2,"en",0,{"id":42,"title":43,"slug":44,"meta_title":93,"meta_description":94,"meta_keywords":95,"deleted_at":87,"created_at":96,"updated_at":97,"lang":90},"Quasa media blog about growth hacking in Tech","All the most interesting and useful about technologies. 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