When I was a kid, my parents told me that everyday items are always filled with bacteria, such as banknotes, tabletops, keyboards, smartphones, floor (pick up your fallen food within 5 seconds or it will be infected with bacteria), I grew up told there are millions of bacteria under the fingernails all the time, is this really true? How can they be always there and survive that long if they are on the floor, banknotes etc.? They are living organisms, need to eat something, right? For my thinking there is nothing to eat on the banknotes normally. Can anyone bust this myth or confirm? Thanks in advance.
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Yes but when you see pictures of plate being like ‘I swabbed this and grew it omg how gross’ remember that those bacteria are being given perfect conidtions to grow. There are a lot of things which inhibit bacteria growth in the soil, your skin, animals. So they are evrywhere but probably more in a lurking sense when it comes to everyday life. They aren’t coming for your life… mostly… but give some regular bacteria some cake and they do like to party.
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