Microbe Talk - The Kocurious Case of Noodlococcus: From Discovery to Community

Posted on November 4, 2025   by Lilly Tozer

In this month's Microbe Talk, Communications and Media Officer Lilly Tozer talks to Rob Moran and Greg McCallum, researchers and two two of the founders of Contamination Club, an online community of scientists who share the weird and wonderful contaminants that appear in their laboratory. The journey all started for Rob and Greg when they came across a mysterious contaminant themselves, with a surprising appearance similar to instant noodles. Listen in as they discuss how it all started, the online community that they've built and finally publishing their discovery in Microbial Genomics.

If you’d like to read Rob and Greg's paper, you can do so by following this link: microb.io/47L8aoY

You can download a full, auto generated transcript of the podcast here