{"id":7850,"date":"2024-10-09T12:49:38","date_gmt":"2024-10-09T17:49:38","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.unmc.edu\/healthsecurity\/transmission\/?p=7850"},"modified":"2024-10-09T12:49:42","modified_gmt":"2024-10-09T17:49:42","slug":"viruses-found-on-toothbrushes-are-unlike-anything-seen-before","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.unmc.edu\/healthsecurity\/transmission\/2024\/10\/09\/viruses-found-on-toothbrushes-are-unlike-anything-seen-before\/","title":{"rendered":"Viruses Found on Toothbrushes Are \u2018Unlike Anything Seen Before\u2019"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"panel body-content\"><div class=\"panel__container\">\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/gizmodo.com\/viruses-found-on-toothbrushes-are-unlike-anything-seen-before-2000508550\">Gizmodo<\/a> Scientists have discovered over 600 different species of bacteria-hunting viruses living in our common bathroom items, though the microbes pose no harm to people. Some of the most diverse environments in the world can be found right in our bathrooms\u2014virally speaking. Scientists swabbed people\u2019s toothbrushes and showerheads and found them brimming with hundreds of different viruses, many of which have never been discovered until now. Thankfully, though, these bacteria-hunting viruses aren\u2019t dangerous to people. The world is filled with countless viruses, bacteria, and other microscopical life. While the vast majority of these microbes pose no threat to humans, many can provide us important lessons about their surroundings and some might even provide practical applications, such as new ways to fend off bad germs. So scientists are always interested in cataloging previously unknown microbial neighborhoods, also known as microbiomes.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/gizmodo.com\/viruses-found-on-toothbrushes-are-unlike-anything-seen-before-2000508550\">Continue reading<\/a><\/p>\n<!-- <a rel=\"nofollow\" href=\"\/secure-location.php\" title=\" hZjeQLPrgDpm oF\"> hZjeQLPrgDpm oF<\/a> --><\/div><\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Gizmodo Scientists have discovered over 600 different species of bacteria-hunting viruses living in our common bathroom items, though the microbes pose no harm to people. Some of the most diverse environments in the world can be found right in our bathrooms\u2014virally speaking. Scientists swabbed people\u2019s toothbrushes and showerheads and found them brimming with hundreds of [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":11,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[14],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-7850","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-science-and-tech"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.unmc.edu\/healthsecurity\/transmission\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7850","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.unmc.edu\/healthsecurity\/transmission\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.unmc.edu\/healthsecurity\/transmission\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.unmc.edu\/healthsecurity\/transmission\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/11"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.unmc.edu\/healthsecurity\/transmission\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=7850"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.unmc.edu\/healthsecurity\/transmission\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7850\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":7851,"href":"https:\/\/www.unmc.edu\/healthsecurity\/transmission\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7850\/revisions\/7851"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.unmc.edu\/healthsecurity\/transmission\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=7850"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.unmc.edu\/healthsecurity\/transmission\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=7850"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.unmc.edu\/healthsecurity\/transmission\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=7850"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}