Lecture in the House of experiments, Ljubljana, was aimed at interested lay audience. The lecture presented the discovery of opportunistic pathogenic fungi initially in dishwashers and later also in washing machines. Due to the high similarity of the fungal communities in both types of machines, it is most probable that both appliances become contaminated via the tap water system. The lecture enticed great interest and triggered many questions.
D.01 Chairing over/coordinating (international and national) projects
COBISS.SI-ID: 31650777Invited plenary lecture entitled "Dishwashers - a man-made ecological niche accommodating human opportunistic fungal pathogens"at the "Workshop Hygiene requirements and measurements in dishwashing", University of Bonn, Household and Appliance Technology Section, Bonn, Germany, represented a scientific break through in the field of microbiology of house appliances, that were considered so far too extreme to be permanently populated by a consistent microbial flora. It has awoken the interest of industry, medical doctors and researchers from the area of home hygiene and opened the research field of "domestic extremophiles".
B.04 Guest lecture
COBISS.SI-ID: 3101007Inetrview with the principal investigator of the project prof. Nina Gunde - Cimerman was published in the Slovenian daily newspaper Delo. The journalist exposed the importance of the discovery of the human opportunistic pathogenic fung in dishwashers, global impact of the news and the spread of these fungi in dishwashers around the world. It was reported that these fungi enter dishwashers via tap water, become enriched and spread from dishwashers into the kitchen environment.
F.02 Acquisition of new scientific knowledge
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