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"have hard shells that make it difficult for alcohol to kill them" It is likely that such adaptation has a cost. Is alcohol resistant bacteria more benign insi
by petermcneeley 8y ago
"have hard shells that make it difficult for alcohol to kill them"
It is likely that such adaptation has a cost. Is alcohol resistant bacteria more benign inside the human body?
- jimmy1 8y agoAlso, with only my rudimentary understanding of microbiology, wouldn't just scrubbing your hands together vigorously, which is already recommended, overcome that?
- Florin_Andrei 8y agoSoap and water should work better every time.
- jonhendry18 8y agoAccess to a sink isn't always convenient or possible.
- Florin_Andrei 8y agoSure, but dying is even less convenient.
- Fomite 8y agoBiofilms and sporulation are enough of a benefit in hospital environments that I doubt it confers much of a fitness detriment, and there's no promise that even if it does, that that comes in the form of decreased virulence.
- TacticalMalice 8y agoThose shells are temporary; They talk about endospore forming bacteria. They are very hardy and "dormant", but can reactivate given the right conditions. Bacillus cereus for example can survive rice cooking in the spore form, then reactivate and poison you if you leave the cooked rice out of the fridge long enough.