It's not particularly surprising that coffee machines are sprawling with bacteria. They are warm and moist - bacteria's paradise! But the surprising part: there are caffeine-degrading bacteria in coffee machines. Yes: CAFFEINE. DEGRADING. BACTERIA! Scary, huh? Does that mean I've been drinking decaf all along? How I am supposed to generate love for bacteria if they dare touching my coffee? They should know better than to touch a Ph.D. student's coffee!
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Don't touch my coffee!
Some researchers going after the microbiome of everyday-items don't shy away from anything - not even from one of the holiest items in the household: the coffee machine [1]!
It's not particularly surprising that coffee machines are sprawling with bacteria. They are warm and moist - bacteria's paradise! But the surprising part: there are caffeine-degrading bacteria in coffee machines. Yes: CAFFEINE. DEGRADING. BACTERIA! Scary, huh? Does that mean I've been drinking decaf all along? How I am supposed to generate love for bacteria if they dare touching my coffee? They should know better than to touch a Ph.D. student's coffee!
It's not particularly surprising that coffee machines are sprawling with bacteria. They are warm and moist - bacteria's paradise! But the surprising part: there are caffeine-degrading bacteria in coffee machines. Yes: CAFFEINE. DEGRADING. BACTERIA! Scary, huh? Does that mean I've been drinking decaf all along? How I am supposed to generate love for bacteria if they dare touching my coffee? They should know better than to touch a Ph.D. student's coffee!
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