You see them when you slack on cleaning — mysterious pink rings and streaks that form in your toilets, sinks and bathtubs. The Record's Bill Radke speaks with reporter Amy Rolph about the bizarre ...
Cleaning is one of those chores that seems never-ending. Something that may have been clean a day ago could quickly need another go. Article continues below ADVERTISEMENT And cleaning the bathroom is ...
Serratia is a bacterium that some doctors and residents of the Bay Area have been familiar with for many years. In 1950, government officials believed that serratia did not cause disease. That belief ...
The bacterium Serratia marcescens lives in soil and water, and is best known for its ability to produce bright red pigment. This flashy trait makes this particular microbe useful in ...
Pink or orange slime that keeps coming back on your showerhead isn't just an unsightly nuisance – it could be making you ill, an expert has warned. The common bathroom problem, which appears in ...
Large parts of the Sunshine State have been fogged in for the last week. Is it a bioweapon attack on American soil? Fog is a common, natural occurrence that has a variety of possible sources. Most ...
An illegal diversion of opioids by a hospital nurse tampering with syringes was responsible for a cluster outbreak of Serratia marcescens, a gram-negative bacteria, according to research published ...
The Killer Bacteria Hall of Fame no doubt houses the usual suspects: Yersinia pestis, perpetrator of the Plague; Treponema pallidum, the spiral-shaped culprit in syphilis; and Vibrio cholerae, the ...
The baby had existing complex medical problems and NHS Greater Glasgow and Clyde said there have been no other cases of Serratia mercescens infections (Scott Barbour/Getty Images) A premature baby has ...