Bacteria task

My Xbox controller compared

to my brothers controller

Aim: Our aim is was to investigate wether I have more bacteria on my controller
than my brother or the other way around.

Hypothesis: My prediction is that I will have more bacteria on my controller
than my brother than my brother because more people use my controller than his.

Materials: Three petri dishes, agar, two cotton buds and two controllers.

Method: Step 1) Collect petri dishes and place agar inside.

Step 2) Place specimens on CLEAN area.

Step 3) collect two cotton buds and swob over the specimens (note: DONT
breath or touch the tip of cotton buds this will contaminate the cotton buds).

Step 4) In a zig-zag patten gently swipe the cotton buds in the two agars (make
shore that there is a different dish for each new bud) leave one dish clean this is
your control.

Step 5) Place the lids onto the petri dishes and tape it shut. (Make shore that
each one is labelled so you know which is which.)

Step 6) Place dishes into
incubator and come back every 24
hours to check on bacteria.

Results: My control





Results: Bro control

1 week
less then 24 hours
Bacteria task
My Xbox controller compared
to my brothers controller

Discussion: From the pictures above we can that both mine and my brothers
controllers have a large amount of bacteria growing except mine is growing one
thing that my brother doesnt have and that is moss. My brother has a large amount
of staph and E. coli growing while I have large amounts of Yeast and Staph
growing. I believe this is happening because of three different reasons; 1; Mine
comes into more contact with other peoples hands. 2; We probably have lots of
bacteria because we havent cleaned our controllers in a long time. 3; We havent
washed out hands properly.

Conclusion: In conclusion my controller have more different types of bacteria
because it comes in contact with more people than my brothers and that we need
to clean our controllers more frequently.