Bacteria Found On The Floor

As for how quickly the germs climbed aboard the bologna and bread it was found that the longer the contact with the floor no matter what the surface the higher the transfer of germs.

Bacteria found on the floor.

June 25 2007 your home may be germier than you think new research shows. Out of 32 places in the home the top spots for bacteria are the toilet bowl kitchen drain kitchen sponge or counter. Found in clay samples by folks aboard the joides resolution research ship the microbes survived almost 80 metres beneath the sea floor underneath an astonishing 5 7 kilometres 3 5 miles of water. Anytime an object falls onto the ground or gets placed on the floor and is picked up the bacteria is then picked up onto that object onto the surface that object then touches and the individual s hand who picked up the object to begin with.

It is very common on skin and it can also be found in soil water and meat products. Mrsa c diff and the antibiotic resistant vre all showed up after testing. The experiment sheds new light on where on earth life can be found and. C diff was discovered most often regardless of whether nurses swabbed an isolation room for patients suffering from the effects of the bacteria or one that was clean.

Studies have shown that of the bacteria found in indoor air the most common four are. In fact there s twice as much bacteria on the kitchen floor. 830 bacteria square inch vs. Scientists have brought back to life microbes found in 100 million year old sediment from deep beneath the ocean floor.

A university of arizona study found that bacteria from our shoes transfer to our floors up to 90 of the time. It s less about the bacteria that is actually on the floor and more about the spread of that bacteria. Micrococcus is a sphere shaped coccus cocci generally means spherical relatively harmless bacterium. And few commercial kitchens have carpeted floors says matt morrison communications.

Why there is so much bacteria on the floor. The study also shows that those bacteria can cause many different types. The results showed a cocktail of pathogens found on the floor. Micrococcus staphylococcus bacillus and pseudomonas.