"There is so much about the world around us that we don't understand - including the things that may seem familiar. We started out looking at things like toothbrushes and showerheads because they are important sources of microbes that we're exposed to, but we don't know which microbes they carry or what factors influence them."
"Toothbrushes and showerheads harbor phage that are unlike anything we've seen before. Not only did we find different phage on toothbrushes and showerheads, we found different phage on each toothbrush and each showerhead."
"The latest study was an update to the Northwestern team's 2021 project 'Operation Pottymouth,' which involved investigating the sources of the bacteria found on toothbrushes."
"It could be that the next great antibiotic comes from looking at these everyday objects—the viruses found on toothbrushes and showerheads may provide new treatments for resistant bacterial infections."
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