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Bacteria on guitar strings

Posted: Tue Apr 06, 2010 4:53 pm
by JesseJames
Just curious about what all may be on the guitar strings after some use. So I decided to culture a used wound guitar string in a broth to see what arose from it. It's gram positive, coccus, and staphlyo. So staphlyococcus is growing on your shit, but it's ever present all over you regardless. I kinda wasn't expecting a halophile to really live that well on metal.
I couldn't get a good slide of it, so I decided to do a quadrant streak on an isolation plate and see if I could get a pure culture to do a better slide from.
I also cultured a used unwound guitar string, but nothing much really came out of it. I'm gonna let it incubate further.

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To be continued. :tup:

Posted: Tue Apr 06, 2010 5:07 pm
by Mad Muir
:lol: :lol: :lol:

Posted: Tue Apr 06, 2010 5:20 pm
by hektik
what?

Posted: Tue Apr 06, 2010 6:01 pm
by croninburg
JJ got an agar plate for Christmas!

Posted: Tue Apr 06, 2010 7:18 pm
by JesseJames
At least someone has some idea of what I'm talking about.

Posted: Tue Apr 06, 2010 7:33 pm
by AoD
i got poked in the eye with a string once, it got all infected and shit, that sucked ass. i never thought about this before thanks for nothing you fucking doushebag.

Posted: Tue Apr 06, 2010 7:36 pm
by JesseJames
AoD wrote:i got poked in the eye with a string once, it got all infected and shit, that sucked ass. i never thought about this before thanks for nothing you fucking doushebag.
*douchebag

Posted: Tue Apr 06, 2010 7:45 pm
by Hunter/Killer
stratovarius ain't growing on my shit

Posted: Tue Apr 06, 2010 7:50 pm
by croninburg
I poked a small hole in my right forefinger with an e string ages ago, it never healed properly and now I have a big thin patch of skin on the end of it :x

I studied biology for my A levels, I don't know what the US equivalent is, but in my last two years of school (16-17 and 17-18). It's always cool to watch this kind of stuff grow, but unless you're in a lab environment then the chances of the sample being contaminated are enormous.. Bear in mind that something that was living happily in your nostril or on your skin could make you as sick as a dog if you grow it for a couple of weeks and then transfer it to your mouth :aargh:

Posted: Tue Apr 06, 2010 7:53 pm
by JesseJames
The only reason I even had access to this stuff is because our company is looking into the viability of cellulosic ethanol grown from switchgrass which grows VERY well in west texas. So they put in a small lab and hired some chemists to do some testing.

Posted: Tue Apr 06, 2010 7:58 pm
by croninburg
As fuel? I read that there's a tequila shortage coming because all the Mexicans who used to grow agave have switched to biofuels :tdown:

Posted: Tue Apr 06, 2010 8:02 pm
by JesseJames
croninburg wrote:As fuel? I read that there's a tequila shortage coming because all the Mexicans who used to grow agave have switched to biofuels :tdown:
Yeah but just from switchgrass, it grows very well here and serves practically no other purpose otherwise. The enzymes used to break it down can be pricey though and they are working on a more cost efficient mix to breakdown the switchgrass.

Posted: Wed Apr 07, 2010 12:50 pm
by texasborn
quit playing peekaboo in the butthole with your fingers before playing JJ.

Re: Bacteria on guitar strings

Posted: Wed Apr 07, 2010 9:12 pm
by Mescalito
JesseJames wrote:Just curious about what all may be on the guitar strings after some use. So I decided to culture a used wound guitar string in a broth to see what arose from it. It's gram positive, coccus, and staphlyo. So staphlyococcus is growing on your shit, but it's ever present all over you regardless. I kinda wasn't expecting a halophile to really live that well on metal.
I couldn't get a good slide of it, so I decided to do a quadrant streak on an isolation plate and see if I could get a pure culture to do a better slide from.
I also cultured a used unwound guitar string, but nothing much really came out of it. I'm gonna let it incubate further.

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To be continued. :tup:
In other words, you're a nasty motherfucker and you should wash your hands. Especially after you take a shit.

Posted: Wed Apr 07, 2010 9:48 pm
by AoD
man, that shit is everywher eand theres nothing you can do about it.

Posted: Wed Apr 07, 2010 9:56 pm
by JesseJames
As Ernie said, staphylococcus is ever present on you.

Posted: Wed Apr 07, 2010 10:26 pm
by Mescalito
I wasn't being totally serious bro dudes.

Posted: Wed Apr 07, 2010 11:07 pm
by AoD
youre fired!

Posted: Thu Apr 08, 2010 1:10 am
by Mescalito
Lets not fight today diddy I'm happy today.

Posted: Fri Apr 09, 2010 8:03 pm
by Pfl?yd
croninburg wrote:As fuel? I read that there's a tequila shortage coming because all the Mexicans who used to grow agave have switched to biofuels :tdown:
That's a goddamn, motherfucking crisis of epic proportions!

Posted: Sat Apr 10, 2010 10:22 pm
by Wrona
Very cool. :tup:

Posted: Sun Apr 11, 2010 3:58 am
by The Dave
Listen Madame Curie, like we give a fuck. Thank you.

Posted: Sun Apr 11, 2010 2:55 pm
by Gor-Gor
My answer to this is a resounding DUH. If you are just figuring out that bacteria is everywhere and are now scared, you should just off yourself.

Posted: Mon Apr 12, 2010 10:46 am
by JesseJames
Gor-Gor wrote:My answer to this is a resounding DUH. If you are just figuring out that bacteria is everywhere and are now scared, you should just off yourself.
My answer to this is a resounding you're an idiot.

Re: Bacteria on guitar strings

Posted: Thu Jul 08, 2010 2:09 am
by cena2020
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Re: Bacteria on guitar strings

Posted: Thu Jul 08, 2010 3:54 pm
by The Fear
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