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Swabbing hands and growing bacteria

Posted: Wed Nov 18, 2009 11:25 pm
by aimeeeeeee
I have a question about taking swabs from hands. How do you put what you have swabbed into agar plates and how do you measure the amount of bacteria that has grown?

Re: Swabbing hands and growing bacteria

Posted: Thu Nov 19, 2009 5:00 am
by MelissaB
Hi,

Take a look at these science buddies sites, then post back if you still have questions: https://www.sciencebuddies.org/science- ... tion.shtml and https://www.sciencebuddies.org/science- ... ates.shtml . ]

Good luck!