Normal Flora and Ambient Microfauna
Rent from DeepDyve- Normal Flora and Ambient Microfauna
The journal you are holding is alive. It has been coated withan animate patina of arachnids, bacteria, fungi, microalgae,protozoa, and viruses. The species between your fingertipsand the cover most likely include: Acinetobacter baumannii;Acremonium strictum; Alternaria alternata; Aspergillusfumigatus; Aspergillus repens; Aspergillus versicolor;Aureobasidium pullulans; multitudinous bacilli; Chaetomiumglobosum; Chlorella vulgaris; Chlorococcum infusionum;cladosporii in efflorescent blush; Clonostachys rosea; teemingcoryneforms (non-diphtheiroid); blooms of microalgalcyanobacteria; festive amorphs; Geomyces pannorum; Humanenterovirus; Dermatophagoides farinae; Escherichia coli; alegion of methylotrophs; Micrococcus species; diversiform non-sporulating isolates; Pantoea agglomerans; Penicillium citrinum;Penicillium chrysogenum; Penicillium expansum; Penicilliumspinulosum; defunct Propionibacteria; Pseudomonasaeruginosa; pyrogplyphid acari; Saccharomyces of speciesexiguus and pastorianus; Staphylococcus aureus; Stachybotryschartarum; Streptoccocus mitis; manifold thermophilicactinomycetes; Ulocladium chartarum; some number ofmiscellaneous unclassified coagulase-positive species. [End Page 3]
Please respect this environment: do not expose to sodiumhypochlorite, benzalkonium chloride, propylene or triethyleneglycols, aldehydes (including o-phthalaldehydes), phenolics(including hexachlorophene and thymol), chlorine, hydrogenperoxide, iodine, potassium peroxymonosulfate, potassiumpermanganate, sodium bicarbonate, disodium tetraborate, orany isopropanol ethanol or n-propanol alcohol at over 60%concentration. Never irradiate. Avoid direct sunlight. Storeunder warm, humid conditions. Handle frequently. [End Page 4]
Craig Dworkin is professor of English at The University of Utah, where he curates the digital archive Eclipse (http://english.utah.edu/eclipse). He is the author, most recently, of the poetry books Strand (2005), Parse (2008), and The Perverse Library (2010), and is the editor (with Kenneth Goldsmith) of Against Expression: An Anthology of Conceptual Writing (2010).
