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Some bacteria can flourish in microwave ovens

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Swabs from microwave ovens in several different locales identified over 100 bacterial strains.

This is the first time that scientists have documented microbial communities living in microwaves.

Microbiologist Manuel Porcar and colleagues swabbed the insides — including the walls and rotating platter — of 30 microwaves that were being used in three different settings.

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