What a beautiful week! I absolutely love this weather! I have been busy in the lab the last two weeks. Last week I completed the first trial with interesting results and lots of bacteria! In the first trial I simply washed dishes, then rang the sponge out without rinsing the soap, then plated. I was curious what the results would be if I rinsed the sponge under water until no soap was present after cleaning, rang it out and plated. So, this week I am running a second trial to test my hypothesis. I suspect that by rinsing the sponge after cleaning dishes until no soap is present, the bacterial levels will decrease compared to forgoing this step. The second trial aligns more with the way I clean at home, so I will be interested to see the difference in results. I plan on running both a second time to confirm the results. 

Trial 2 Bacteria