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Friday, February 22, 2013

'A furtive pick of the nose, and a quick text after...': The terrifying pictures which show the bacteria lurking on your mobile

'A furtive pick of the nose, and a quick text after...': The terrifying pictures which show the bacteria lurking on your mobile | Mail Online: "These pictures show the hidden life on your phone – the bacteria that lurk on your mobile. Long after we’ve swiped and tapped our smart phones, or sent and received texts, our devices retain a biological history of our actions.

Yuck: Students from the University of Surrey imprinted their phones on Petri dishes to culture any bacteria on them. Here the whole plate is covered by the spreading growth of a bacterium called Bacillus mycoides

Students studying bacteriology at the University of Surrey imprinted their mobile phones on to Petri dishes to see what they might carry."

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