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help! need help w/finding research, numerical data examples of how to record mouth bacteria dogs vs humans....any ideas where to find it? looked up mouth bacteria and kept getting info on how to count micro.....???

Hi,

Science Buddies has a project you could modify for your purposes here: https://www.sciencebuddies.org/science- ... p017.shtml . Instead of placing samples of dishrags and sponges in the tubes, however, you would place swabs from your mouth or your dog's mouth.

I would also suggest you read Science Buddies' microbiology guides (you can find them linked on this page: https://www.sciencebuddies.org/science- ... l?From=Tab) and that you be careful and follow appropriate safety procedures when working with bacteria.

Here's an interesting article from wikipedia that may help you get started with your background research. I would highly suggest looking up some of the references that it cites: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wound_licking .