Comments on: Are ATMs as Filthy as Toilet Seats? http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/discoblog/2011/01/14/are-atm-machines-as-filthy-as-toilet-seats/ Quirky, funny, and surprising science news from the edge of the known universe. Fri, 25 May 2012 18:28:00 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 By: sli http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/discoblog/2011/01/14/are-atm-machines-as-filthy-as-toilet-seats/comment-page-1/#comment-62946 sli Sat, 15 Jan 2011 00:24:51 +0000 http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/discoblog/?p=15625#comment-62946 They found Bacillus and Pseudomonadaceae? Gasp! You can only find those...everywhere. Yeah, I get why Schaffner wasn't impressed. To suggest an entire family of bacteria (in the case of the second) are "well known as common causes of human illness" is a terrible abuse of taxonomy. They found Bacillus and Pseudomonadaceae? Gasp! You can only find those…everywhere. Yeah, I get why Schaffner wasn’t impressed. To suggest an entire family of bacteria (in the case of the second) are “well known as common causes of human illness” is a terrible abuse of taxonomy.

]]> By: DerekH http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/discoblog/2011/01/14/are-atm-machines-as-filthy-as-toilet-seats/comment-page-1/#comment-62945 DerekH Fri, 14 Jan 2011 23:50:18 +0000 http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/discoblog/?p=15625#comment-62945 Ah! The researchers scoured England!... Here in Scotland, the botty bacteria on ATM's don't stand a chance. They're devoured by the bacteria from alcohol-drenched vomit and dodgy kebabs.... ;-) (At least if my local ATM is anything to go by on a Saturday morning, after Friday's excesses...) And on a serious note - wash hands before eating, it's only common sense! Ah! The researchers scoured England!…

Here in Scotland, the botty bacteria on ATM’s don’t stand a chance. They’re devoured by the bacteria from alcohol-drenched vomit and dodgy kebabs…. ;-)

(At least if my local ATM is anything to go by on a Saturday morning, after Friday’s excesses…)

And on a serious note – wash hands before eating, it’s only common sense!

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