The “Swab and Send” Facebook page features lots of pictures of petri dishes in various stages of color and fuzz. They are bacteria samples from the dirtiest places around the world. They’re part of an effort to fight drug resistant bacteria.
How crowdsourcing bacteria samples can help develop new antibiotics
Credits
Guest:
Dr. Adam Roberts - Liverpool School of Tropical Medicine -
@GCAGATGCAATG
Host:
Madeleine Brand
Producers:
Gina Pollack,
Sarah Sweeney,
Michell Eloy,
Amy Ta,
Christian Bordal,
Quinn O'Toole