Your microwave oven has its own microbiome
Your microwave oven has its own microbiome
Survey of bacteria living inside household and laboratory appliances finds a robust ecosystem.
From the article:
But for the general public, the implications of the study are simpler. “A microwave is not a pure, pristine place,” Porcar says. It’s also not a pathogenic reservoir to be feared, he says. But he does recommend cleaning your kitchen microwave often — just as often as you would scrub your kitchen surfaces to eliminate potential bacteria.
Leave your microwave door open after you finish using it. This lets it dry out inside. Greatly cuts down on the funk!
How does bacteria live through being microwaved? I would think they’d boil from the inside out.
If you're reading this I am in dire straights, possibly dead. I woke up this morning to find my microwave is bursting with tardigrades. I have left it cooking nonstop for 13 consecutive days and they've only gotten more pissed off. I've welded their every possible exit from the machine shut, but I fear they are beginning to chew their way out. If you're reading this, tell the government they need to drone strike my location immediately, possibly nuke it. The world is not prepared for what is inside my microwave.
Touch the inside walls of your microwave after you heat something up. They don't get all that hot.
That makes sense that some degree of bacteria survives - even if its minuscule. Like how any disinfectant is only 99.9% effective
Imagine how tough the surviving organisms are to be able to survive that...
Welcome to the salty microwave, how tough are you?
I’m the 0.01%
Tardigrades
Tardigrades everywhere.
... don't very few things not have their own little microbiome?
No the fuck it does not. I’m one of those people that actually cleans theirs. Seeing any kind of spill in the microwave, or stuff on the walls, grosses me out.
this isnt about spills. the point is that microwaves arent self-cleaning on a microbial level. even if your microwaves looks prestine, it could still house a lot of bacteria that are capable of surviving radiation.
An interesting read, one of the reasons why I clean the things that I own. Microorganisms will find ways to survive and thrive on any surface. I like to first clean and then use a natural sanitizer after.
Mine shouldn't since I clean that thing regularly with antibacterial cleaners. Unless it's that 0.1% of germs not annihilated by the cleaner... 🤔 Shit where's the 100% cleaner?
Don't use antibacterial cleaners for general cleaning. Especially not hand soap. All you're doing is breeding a master race of resistant bacteria in your home.
Yes. Use plain non-antibacterial soap. Or bleach if you want something stronger.