Thread: Would Staph aureus multiply faster on standard agar or on/in the human body?

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Now, assume both Petri dish and body temperature are stable at 37 degrees Celsius. Notwithstanding the many factors that could affect rate of bacterial growth on/in a body, assume the person is quite clean and otherwise healthy. The immune system is not compromised.

(As a side question: Is the subject of bacterial growth on agar vs. animal in a paper somewhere? I've searched, but perhaps my searches have been overly specific. I didn't come up with anything.)

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It will multiply faster in the petri dish, as the agar is simply nutrients and the body has defense mechanisms in place to battle microbiota.

Agar.

In a human it faces limited nutrients and must produce its virulence factors to escape the immune system.