is there backteria on my desk – I'm a Scientist 25/26

Question: is there backteria on my desk
- Keywords:
  bacteria,
  microbiology
Asked by jauk532vugh85 to Nicole, matthewwadge, Karen A, John CC, Estela GF, Claire, Caroline R on 28 Jan 2026.
- John Clark-Corrigall answered on 28 Jan 2026:
  
  Probably, if you haven’t just cleaned it there may be lots of bacteria on your desk. If you have cleaned it there’ll be a lot less!
  You can take swabs of different places and spread them on agar plates and see if anything grows?!

Question: is there backteria on my desk