The Bacteria on the Handprint of an 8-Year-Old After Playing Outside

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The author discusses in detail how she made the print in the comments.

Very strange but very nice project. I also recommend to read the comments.

Just a technical note: Many of the dot's are from mold/fungi, not bacteria.

paraphrased from the reddit comments:

››after washing your adult hands it would look no different (maybe more diverse)‹‹

edit: link to some pictures about it (but remember to keep your kids dirty :) it's good for them http://safesmokedfish.foodstandards.gov.scot/assessment/5126

Nice detail: see the white big blob in the bottom left? It's probably producing anti-biotics, keeping the other stuff at a distance (how did nobody see this earlier?)

I'm almost concerned to have this become a popular post. We have too many people already telling everyone to use hand sanitizer and all this nonsense.

Great picture though.

It's refreshing to see the positive and appreciative comments on the original article instead of the knee-jerk sorts of reactions you often see in the mass media.

The bright orange ones might be staph. aureus. They'd need to be examined under a microscope to give a better idea of their identity than just the color.

There's a difference between being merely colonised and being infected.

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