Serratia marcescens caused infections and at least one death in San Francisco.

Evidence

Serratia marcescens, an organism chosen because it formed distinctive red colonies in petri dishes, wasn’t entirely innocuous—some San Franciscans contracted a rare kind of infection from it, and at least one, Edward Nevin, died. — Nicholson Baker, Baseless- My Search for Secrets in the…, 259

Categorization

• corroborated: 3 independent passages support this claim — Nicholson Baker, Baseless- My Search for Secrets in the…, 259
• XREF: connects to: Scientists conducted covert biological warfare tests in San Francisco in 1950. — Nicholson Baker, Baseless- My Search for Secrets in the…, 258; The military’s bacterial tests likely caused a cluster of infections in San Francisco. — Nicholson Baker, Baseless- My Search for Secrets in the…, 261

Library Connections

• The military’s bacterial tests likely caused a cluster of infections in San Francisco. #corroborates (0.90) — Nicholson Baker, Baseless- My Search for Secrets in the…, 261