PUZZLED BY POTABLE WATER BIOFILMS AS A RESERVOIR OF OPPORTUNISTIC PATHOGENS?
Wednesday, April 12 @ Noon EDT
Potable water is a major source of opportunistic pathogens that cause a variety of life-threatening infections in immunocompromised people, with a yearly US economic burden of $2.4 billion dollars. Biofilms coat surfaces within building premise plumbing that delivers potable water (e.g. water pipes, faucets, shower heads) and serve as a reservoir for opportunistically pathogenic microorganisms. Dr. Armbruster will discuss the role of potable water biofilms as a source of opportunistic pathogens, and how this pre-infection niche shapes the ecology and evolution of the microbes it harbors in ways that may impact downstream infection pathogenesis.
Cystic Fibrosis Foundation Carol Basbaum Memorial Research Fellow in the Bomberger Laboratory at Dartmouth’s Geisel School of Medicine in Hanover, New Hampshire
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