Podcasts Science Improbable Research Episode #1092: The Bacteria in Discarded, Chewed Chewing Gum

Episode #1092: The Bacteria in Discarded, Chewed Chewing Gum

Published: April 10, 2022, 4 p.m.

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The Ig Nobel Prizes honor achievements that make people LAUGH, then THINK.

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In the Ig Informal Lectures, some days after the ceremony, the new Ig Nobel Prize winners attempt to explain what they did, and why they did it. We released these lectures one at a time.

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In Podcast Episode #1092, Marc Abrahams presents the 2021 Ig Nobel Prize for Ecology winners Leila Satari, Alba Guill\\xe9n, \\xc0ngela Vidal-Verd\\xfa, and Manuel Porcar. They received the prize for using genetic analysis to identify the different species of bacteria that reside in wads of discarded chewing gum stuck on pavements in various countries.

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  • REFERENCE: \\u201cThe Wasted Chewing Gum Bacteriome,\\u201d Leila Satari, Alba Guill\\xe9n, \\xc0ngela Vidal-Verd\\xfa, and Manuel Porcar, Scientific Reports, vol. 10, no. 16846, 2020.
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The video for this lecture\\u2014graphs, charts and all\\u2014can be found online at www.IMPROBABLE.com.

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