Do fungi exposed to toxic waste produce novel antimicrobial agents?

By Richard Honour
Backed by Kathleen Husted, Neva Goodwin, Richard Honour, Cindy Wu, W. Wheeler, Denny Luan, Ann Hurst, Ken Myer, Patricia, Jo Overbey, and 38 other backers
The Precautionary Group
Kirkland, Washington
BiologyMedicine
Open Access
DOI: 10.18258/4625
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Lab Notes

Plastics Degrade to Deadly Chemicals
December 2, 2015
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Mucking Around 101
October 26, 2015
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Maybe I’m A Deer
October 12, 2015
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No one knows!
October 9, 2015
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Why Survivors?
September 30, 2015
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The Usual Suspects
September 23, 2015
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What does it look like out there right now?
September 12, 2015
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Lab Notes - Collected
August 25, 2015
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Beneficial Re-Use Interrupted
August 24, 2015
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Speculative Chemistry
August 15, 2015
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Toxic Volatile Organic Compounds (VOCs) in Sewage Sludge
July 16, 2015
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Media Refinements for a Sludge Eater
July 16, 2015
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Wetlands, or Not; No Longer A Question.
June 17, 2015
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New Toxins - Still Growing
June 17, 2015
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The Deficiency
June 16, 2015
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Defining the System, Slowly
June 16, 2015
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Flame Retardants in Sewage Sludge? Of Course!
June 13, 2015
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Geist Klärschlamm (Spirit Sludge)
June 13, 2015
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Climate Change? Done!
June 9, 2015
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Sludgeophagus Fungi Reign Supreme – In Sewage Sludge
June 8, 2015
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Sewage Sludge Fuels Prion Diseases
June 6, 2015
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Perfluoroalkyl Substances (PFASs) by Any Other Name ...
June 5, 2015
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Toxic Tales
June 2, 2015
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Critical to Forest Health
May 31, 2015
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Not Nice to Disrespect Mother Nature
May 31, 2015
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Mushrooms, Toads and Techs
May 27, 2015
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Why would anyone do that? Who are those guys?*
May 21, 2015
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Live and Let Die
May 20, 2015
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Signs of Recovery? Maybe!
May 16, 2015
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Cup Fungus, Another Sludgeophagus Fungus
May 15, 2015
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Ocean Dumping From Afar
May 10, 2015
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Lumpology: What’s In A Sludge Lump?
May 10, 2015
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Biggest Threats
May 8, 2015
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The Unknowables: The X Factors
May 7, 2015
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Recovery Is Slow, If At All
May 6, 2015
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Transmissible Spongiform Encephalopathy: In our Sewage...
May 5, 2015
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Ecosystem Interrupted
May 4, 2015
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Climate Change and Evolution Meet Human Behavior
May 4, 2015
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Silent Spring of Sewage Sludge
May 1, 2015
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Toxic Sewage Sludge Disposal; How’s That?
April 29, 2015
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Step Back A Minute
April 27, 2015
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“Lest We Forget” (Rudyard Kipling)
April 26, 2015
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Collateral Kill
April 24, 2015
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What's In It?
April 23, 2015
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The Special Attribute
April 20, 2015
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Non-Sludged Mycena
April 16, 2015
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The Loop: Toxins Returned To Us In Our Food and Water
April 12, 2015
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Best of Times - Worst of Times
April 10, 2015
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New Arrival
April 4, 2015
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Good Culture Work Leads to Good Genomics
March 29, 2015
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Back to the Future - and Back
March 24, 2015
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Exobiology: Life on another planet
March 23, 2015
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Bird's Nest Fungi
March 21, 2015
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Septage for lunch
March 12, 2015
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Polyethylene plastic strips passively sample volatile...
March 11, 2015
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Pure cultures growing on sludge and forest floor debris
March 11, 2015
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Characterizing the volatile emissions
March 11, 2015
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From the spores - one big experiment
March 9, 2015
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