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[bernard]

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Microbe Mission Test Exchange 2018
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[Unome]

The topics list has a few changes - it's gotten more specific (slightly). Notably, bacterial isolation and microbial resistance, and several Nationals topics.

[Skink]

And, the disease list now includes a specimen that everybody should know about...

[NeilMehta]

List is up on Soinc.org!
(https://www.soinc.org/sites/default/fil ... n_List.pdf)
Additions:

• Norovirus
  Zika
  White Nose Syndrome
  Naegleria
  Chronic Wasting Disease
  Pseudomonas aeruginosa (Nationals only)

[whythelongface]

Yes, and I see they got rid of scrapie...

[Unome]

And, the disease list now includes a specimen that everybody should know about...

Are you referring to White Nose Syndrome?

#InvasivesLyfe

when you didn't even do Invasives

[Skink]

N. fowleri...because it's so dangerous (and interesting in a twisted way), I always end up mentioning it, anyway. It does seem they went for some hot topics there, though, because Zika was a big deal two summers ago.

[whythelongface]

N. fowleri...Isn't that the brain-eating amoeba?

[nicholasmaurer]

N. fowleri...Isn't that the brain-eating amoeba?

Yep

[whythelongface]

N. fowleri...because it's so dangerous (and interesting in a twisted way), I always end up mentioning it, anyway. It does seem they went for some hot topics there, though, because Zika was a big deal two summers ago.

Honestly, N. fowleri, being as rare as it is, ranks lower on my list of "smol things to be terrified about". Though you're right about Zika, it was such a huge deal that I was kind of surprised it didn't appear on previous lists. I also thought EHF would get more attention on some of the tests.