Harmful microbes found on sewer pipe walls

(Rutgers University) Can antibiotic-resistant bacteria escape from sewers into waterways and cause a disease outbreak? A new Rutgers study, published in the journal Environmental Science: Water Research& Technology, examined the microbe-laden " biofilms " that cling to sewer walls, and even built a simulated sewer to study the germs that survive within.
Source: EurekAlert! - Infectious and Emerging Diseases - Category: Infectious Diseases Source Type: news