Microbiological Evaluation Of Daily Used Handkerchief From Selected Individuals In Umudike, Nigeria:- Anyanwu, Oluomachi F

ABSTRACT

Micro-organisms are ubiquitous and are found ini almost every area around human bodies. 1 Each characteristic flora of organisms well adapted to growth at area of the body surface acquires a that specified environment. This resident indigenous micro biota tends to suppress the intruders antagonistic to the survival of the intruder. These even after washing (Okpala and Ezeonu ,2019). Dust and dirt that commonly accumulate on such by the production of metabolites that are residents 1 could be dislodged from their environment when sneezing, coughing, belching