Bivek Timalsina

If you’ve walked along the Lake Erie shoreline in the summer, you’ve probably noticed times when the water isn’t its usual blue. Instead, it might look thick, green, and murky, perhaps reminding you of pea soup. That green gunk is caused by cyanobacteria, a type of bacteria more commonly known as blue-green algae.

Staphylococcus aureus, especially methicillin-resistant S. aureus (MRSA) was frequently isolated and identified to be the cause of nosocomial and community-acquired infections [1]. Previously, S.