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Jane,

Thanks so much for sharing/explaining. This is fascinating !

Renate


>>  Fascinating that hand washing increased staph in your experiment.  Was
that
>>  >bars of soap used or liquid from squirt bottle?
>>
>We did an experiment in freshman microbiology in college.  We were required
>to have a series of sterile culture plates, touch the first with our UNwashed
>hand, then wash our hands, touch the next plate, wash again, touch next
>plate, etc.  The instructor did not tell us what to expect and we were amazed
>to see MORE colonies grow in the plates after we washed our hands and more in
>each successive plate after each hand washing.  Then we were challenged to
>explain the results.


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