Open AccessBacterial Culture Dependent Effect on Mobile Phone’s Surface
Author(s) -
S. Sheik Asraf,
V Priyanga,
P Bhuvaneshwaran,
M Devanand
Publication year - 2019
Publication title -
international journal of recent technology and engineering
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
ISSN - 2277-3878
DOI - 10.35940/ijrte.d1144.1284s219
Subject(s) - mobile phone , test (biology) , bacteria , gram staining , phone , chemistry , microbiology and biotechnology , food science , computer science , biology , telecommunications , botany , linguistics , philosophy , genetics
Mobile phones from people of different walks of life were examined through culture dependent based approach. Bacteria were isolated from the surface of the mobile phones. Various microbiological and biochemical tests such as Gram staining, citrate utilization test, urease test, TSI test, catalase test, methyl red test and indole test were performed for the isolated bacteria. This study highlights the health risk posed by the microbiota in the mobile phone’s surface