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The Gerardo Lab has founded MYcrobes.

To demonstrate the abundance of the microbes around us without the use of microscopes, the Mycrobes team asks individuals to provide samples of their own microbes. Microbes are sampled from different parts of the human body, from clothing, and from possessions such as cell phones or purses. Participants use a sterile cotton swab to pick up microbes and then rub this across a sterile plastic plate called a Petri dish. The MYcrobes team then takes pictures of the Petri dishes. Overtime, colonies (microbes of the same kind) begin to form and can be seen. No longer are microbes hidden from view, but now can be seen in their true forms.