Excellent Week in Lab

This whole week went as planned because I was right on schedule for sampling my objects around campus. Figure 1 below shows few places that was sampled in the Hannelly Center. The small side table tops attached to the chairs was sampled. The table below figure 1 shows the related colony forming units (CFU).                                                                                               

Figure 1. The red oval shaped areas are the general idea of where the sampling took place at.

Figure 2 and 3 below show the keyboard and mouse that was sampled in the library on the lower level of student resources for computer use.

Figure 2. The original sampling was on the "space bar" but the area was too small for the contact plates, so each plate was firmly pressed on half of the contact plate and the above picture shows the idea of how it was sampled.

Figure 3. Some mouse were sample twice and some where sample just once on the top with a rocking motion. If another plate was to be sampled on the same mouse, then half of it was sampled on the sides of the mouse.

The Bear Cave Cafeteria was, also, sampled around dinning area. Furthermore, the table tops were observed by myself of a cashier wiping down the tops with a rag. Thus, the colony plate count should be low, but I believe the microorganisms were just moved around.

Figure 4. The area of eating in the cafeteria.