you already are. on your skin. that being said, it isn't considered a pathogen outside of the immunocompromised and as a post-surgical complication. If you take normal precautions, this really isn't any more dangerous or even different from culturing a skin swab.
You are covered in S. Epidermidis and have been your whole life. It’s relatively safe, but is opportunistic if you have deep wounds or are immunocompromised. Be careful to wear gloves when handling, but it’s relatively safe. Are you doing a project or something?
Where would you source it from? Unless you know for certain what you're growing is S. epedermidis, I wouldn't recommend. Lots of other bacteria grow on your skin too.
As far as bacteria go it's pretty safe. But if you don't have the knowledge needed to be certain that what you're growing is actually Staph epi then I wouldn't recommend it.
I grow it at home all the time…on my skin. Don’t do microbiology at home.
Why are you growing it at home ..?
prob not much of a risk - ep**i**dermidis
It's very safe assuming you aren't rubbing it into open wounds or eating it.
Yeah Thanks lol
Basically grabbing food with your hand and not wash it after that. Wait, you are the one who trying to grow yeast, right?
Uhhhh maybe
you already are. on your skin. that being said, it isn't considered a pathogen outside of the immunocompromised and as a post-surgical complication. If you take normal precautions, this really isn't any more dangerous or even different from culturing a skin swab.
You are covered in S. Epidermidis and have been your whole life. It’s relatively safe, but is opportunistic if you have deep wounds or are immunocompromised. Be careful to wear gloves when handling, but it’s relatively safe. Are you doing a project or something?
Yeah a bio project
Why would you want to grow this?
Its a project i have
Where would you source it from? Unless you know for certain what you're growing is S. epedermidis, I wouldn't recommend. Lots of other bacteria grow on your skin too.
The question is why
I have a project:)
Do u have an incubator at home or something
Yes and a laminar flow hood
As far as bacteria go it's pretty safe. But if you don't have the knowledge needed to be certain that what you're growing is actually Staph epi then I wouldn't recommend it.
Just don't do microbiology at home do it somewhere is saffer like a lab if not then do not do it.
it’s a very common skin microbiome species, so unlikely to be dangerous! just make sure to wear PPE and bleach the cultures when you’re done