Front doors carry ‘thin patina’ of poop bacteria

July 18, 2014 Miranda Drake

Front doors carry ‘thin patina’ of poop bacteria, Science News (blog), July 17, 2014. A new map called “The Patina of Feces” shows that the outer door frames of American homes wear a thin veneer of microbes that are normally found in animals’ guts. Robb Dunn, biology, featured.

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