A woman's mobile phone exploded in her back pocket in Anápolis, Brazil, causing multiple injuries. The incident highlights ...

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These types of bacteria can survive on hands and surfaces for hours, especially when the surface is warm and away from sunlight, like a toasty phone in your pocket. From there, germs can be picked ...

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But when was the last time a typical phone or buttons on an ATM machine ... the single place where you'll find the most surface germs: the TV remote. "It's never cleaned," he says.

Surface tension is an important factor in bacterial growth, morphology, and probably in cell division, and to a less extent in the motility of bacteria, and their ability to retain Gram's stain.