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After observing the fomite and direct transmission results, you most likely observed greater growth on the...

After observing the fomite and direct transmission results, you most likely observed greater growth on the last agar plate exposed to fomite contamination than the direct hand-shake agar plate. Why?

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A fomes or fomite is any object or substance capable of carrying infectious organisms, such as germs or parasites, and hence transferring them from one individual to another. Skin cells, hair, clothing, and bedding are common hospital sources of contamination. Careful sterilization of such objects prevents cross-infection.

   Compared to formites the hands are natural and skin cells releases enzymes and sweat from sweat glands which frequently washes the microorganism form the skin reducing the growth of microorganism apart from this enzymes are also released form skin cells which controls the bacterial growth on hand surfaces.

   But as fomite are artificial things the microorganism tend to grown on higher density with no regulation in control that why a higher number of growth is seen on formite contamination.

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